pwm and active directory user password history

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Gad

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May 21, 2013, 12:14:47 PM5/21/13
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hi,
I am looking into enforcing user password history, so that the end user wont be able to re-use his previous n number of passwords.
can I configure this in pwm itself or do I need to do this in AD password policy?
when I did this using AD policy, pwm was an aware of it and accepted a previous password entered by the user and let the user submit his password, however, active directory rejected the password and pwm notified the user with some general error stating the password entered does not comply with the password policy.

any advice will be appreciated.

Thank you,
Gad

Gad

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May 22, 2013, 2:25:22 PM5/22/13
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Hi,
any help will be appreciated.

thanks
Gad

Jason Rivard

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May 22, 2013, 2:29:20 PM5/22/13
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PWM doesn't handle history enforcement itself (unless you use the shared history feature).  It will honor the AD settings except when: Password is changed by helpdesk, user logs in with "force password change on next bind" and via forgotten password sequence.  This is just the way AD works, there isnt much we can do to change this behavior in PWM.


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Gad Shaked

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Jun 5, 2013, 9:36:56 AM6/5/13
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hi,
will it be possible for you to add a pre-check  while the user types his password by simulating the process against AD before returning the confirmation of the new password requirement?

Thanks,
Gad


Jason Rivard

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Jun 5, 2013, 10:45:12 AM6/5/13
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Sure, we do this for eDirectory for example.  Unfortunately AD has no such pre-check API that I am aware of.  If there is such an API, please reference it here for us and we will surely add.


Gad Shaked

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Jun 5, 2013, 10:57:57 AM6/5/13
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Jason Rivard

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Jun 5, 2013, 11:18:44 AM6/5/13
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Unfortunately that API is a Windows API only open to windows desktop programs, of which PWM is not.  PWM would need a network level API, ideally one available through LDAP to do the same.


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