NAME¶

ns-newpwpolicy.pl - Directory Server perl script for preparing new password policies.

SYNOPSIS¶

ns-newpwpolicy.pl [-Z serverID] [-v] [-D rootdn] { -w password | -j filename } [-P protocol] [-p port] [-h host] -U UserDN -S SuffixDN

DESCRIPTION¶

Adds entries required for implementing the user- and subtree-level password policy.

OPTIONS¶

A summary of options is included below:

-Z Server Identifier

The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.

-D Root DN

The Directory Manager DN, or root DN. If not specified, the script will search the server instance configuration for the value.

-w password

The rootdn password.

-w -

Prompt for the rootdn password.

-j password filename

The name of the file that contains the root DN password.

-P Protocol

The connection protocol to connect to the Directory Server. Protocols are STARTTLS, LDAPS, LDAPI, and LDAP. If this option is skipped, the most secure protocol that is available is used. For LDAPI, AUTOBIND is also available for the root user.

-h host

Host name of the Directory Server.

-p port

Port number of the Directory Server.

-U userDN

Specifies the DN of the user entry that needs to be updated with user-level password policy attributes.

-S suffixDN

Specifies the DN of the suffix entry that needs to be updated with subtree-level password policy attributes.

-v

Display verbose output

EXAMPLE¶

ns-newpwpolicy.pl -Z instance3 -D 'cn=directory manager' -w password -P STARTTLS -U 'uid=user,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com'

Note: security must be enabled to use protocol STARTTLS. If STARTTLS is not available it will default to next strongest/available protocol automatically.

DIAGNOSTICS¶

Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.

AUTHOR¶

ns-newpwpolicy.pl was written by the 389 Project.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/new_issue

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2017 Red Hat, Inc.