Hi, Mike
I think AD uses an extension to the Kerberos protocol to change the
password of a user. See
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms808911.aspx
As far as I understand it, the unicodePwd attribute is the NT hash of
the user's password. (See
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680513.aspx).
Also, you may want to look at using SASL/GSSAPI/Kerberos to bind to AD's
LDAP. It should be a lot easier to manage than SSL certs.
David
Mike Matz wrote:
Thanks for the help guys. It got me off to a great start. I have
successfully created a user in my AD. As you already eluded to, I am
struggling with the password attribute. Can the password attribute be
set when creating a user. From what I gathered, the password
attribute is 'unicodePwd'. This attribute cannot be created, it can
only be modified. Is this attribute created by default when a user is
created? Would I be able to do an add and then a modify to set the
password? I am aware of the fact that there are certain restrictions
in place in order to modify the password. I have setup my AD to
include SSL and I am able to bind as Administrator over port 636.
With that said one of the examples I ran across for adding a user
refers to another attribute 'userPassword'. I am unable to tell what
this attribute is. In the link below, it appears that the password is
being set when the entry is added. I have tried this unsuccessfully.
I appreicate all the help thus far.
Regards,
Mike
Example Add Entry - http://www.grotan.com/ldap/python-ldap-samples.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Geert Jansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 11/7/2007 1:50 PM
To: Michael Ströder
Cc: Mike Matz; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Creating Active Directory Objects
Michael Ströder wrote:
> I vaguely remember that there are some issues with really activating a
> user entry as a Windows user. But this is not a problem of accessing AD
> via python-ldap.
>
This indeed rings a bell. You need to create the user as disabled (look
for userAccountControl on MSDN), set a compliant password, and then
enable him.
Regards,
Geert
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