HDAP and password policies

Examples in this documentation depend on features activated in the ds-evaluation setup profile. For details, refer to Learn about the evaluation setup profile.

The code samples demonstrate how to contact the server over HTTPS using the deployment CA certificate. Before trying the samples, generate the CA certificate in PEM format from the server deployment ID and password:

$ dskeymgr \
 export-ca-cert \
 --deploymentId $DEPLOYMENT_ID \
 --deploymentIdPassword password \
 --outputFile ca-cert.pem

This example demonstrates how to add a subentry password policy with HDAP. Subentry password policies are replicated.

This example uses Kirsten Vaughan as a password administrator. Kirsten is a member of the Directory Administors group.

Before trying this example, make sure the password administrator has the necessary access:

Grant the subentry-write privilege to edit password policies:

$ curl \
 --request PATCH \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user uid=admin:password \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data '[{
  "operation": "add",
  "field": "ds-privilege-name",
  "value": "subentry-write"
 }]' \
 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=kvaughan?_fields=_id,ds-privilege-name'

Grant access to manage password policies.

$ curl \
 --request PATCH \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user uid=admin:password \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --url 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example?_fields=_id,aci' \
 --data @- << JSON
[{
  "operation": "add",
  "field": "aci",
  "value": "(targetattr = \"pwdPolicySubentry||ds-pwp-password-policy-dn||ds-pwp-password-validator||subtreeSpecification\")(version 3.0;acl \"Allow Administrators to manage user password policies\";allow (all) (groupdn = \"ldap:///cn=Directory Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com\");)"
}]
JSON

Create and assign a subentry password policy as the password administrator:

$ curl \
 --request POST \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=kvaughan:bribery \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --url 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example?_action=create&_fields=*,subtreeSpecification&_prettyPrint=true' \
 --data @- << JSON
{
  "_id" : "dc=com/dc=example/cn=Replicated%20password%20policy",
  "objectClass" : [ "top", "subentry", "ds-pwp-password-policy", "ds-pwp-validator", "ds-pwp-length-based-validator" ],
  "cn" : [ "Replicated password policy" ],
  "ds-pwp-default-password-storage-scheme" : [ "PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512" ],
  "ds-pwp-length-based-min-password-length" : 8,
  "ds-pwp-password-attribute" : "userPassword",
  "subtreeSpecification": { "base": "ou=People", "filter": "/objectClass eq \"person\"" }
 }
JSON

Verify the password administrator can view which password policy applies:

$ curl \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=kvaughan:bribery \
 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=kvaughan?_fields=_id,pwdPolicySubentry&_prettyPrint=true'
{
  "_id" : "dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=kvaughan",
  "_rev" : "<revision>",
  "pwdPolicySubentry" : "dc=com/dc=example/cn=Replicated%20password%20policy"
}

Verify the field is not visible to regular users:

$ curl \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=bjensen:hifalutin \
 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=bjensen?_fields=_id,pwdPolicySubentry&_prettyPrint=true'
{
  "_id" : "dc=com/dc=example/ou=People/uid=bjensen",
  "_rev" : "<revision>"
}

When listing subentry password policies, use the subentries=true parameter:

$ curl \
 --get \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user uid=admin:password \
 --data "_queryFilter=/objectClass+eq+'ds-pwp-password-policy'" \
 --data '_fields=*,subtreeSpecification' \
 --data 'subentries=true' \
 --data '_prettyPrint=true' \
 'https://localhost:8443/hdap/dc=com/dc=example'
{
  "result" : [ {
    "_id" : "dc=com/dc=example/cn=Replicated%20password%20policy",
    "_rev" : "<revision>",
    "objectClass" : [ "top", "subentry", "ds-pwp-password-policy", "ds-pwp-validator", "ds-pwp-length-based-validator" ],
    "cn" : [ "Replicated password policy" ],
    "ds-pwp-default-password-storage-scheme" : [ "PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512" ],
    "ds-pwp-length-based-min-password-length" : 8,
    "ds-pwp-password-attribute" : "userPassword",
    "subtreeSpecification" : {
      "filter" : "/objectClass eq \"person\"",
      "base" : "ou=People"
    }
  } ],
  "resultCount" : 1,
  "pagedResultsCookie" : null,
  "totalPagedResultsPolicy" : "NONE",
  "totalPagedResults" : -1,
  "remainingPagedResults" : -1
}

For details about policy settings, refer to DS subentry password policies.

DS 7.4.2

HDAP and password policies