Password Manager 5.12.3 - Administration Guide (AD LDS Edition)

This section provides information on creating, modifying, and using connections to AD LDS instances.

On the General Settings|AD LDS Instance Connections tab of the Administration site, you can view a list of available connections.

To manage AD LDS instance with Password Manager you need to create a connection to the required AD LDS instance. When adding a connection you can select an existing connection or create a new one. It is possible to use the same connection in different sections: user and helpdesk scopes, and password policies.

You can add a connection to an AD LDS instance either on the AD LDS Instance Connections tab or from the User scope, Helpdesk scope, and Password Policies pages.

Note, that when you modify the connection on the User scope, Helpdesk scope or Password Policies pages, you can select how you want to apply the updated connection settings: either for the specified section only or everywhere where this connection is used. If you choose to update settings for the specified section only, a copy of the connection will be created with these settings and will be added to the list of available connections to AD LDS instances.

If you want to remove the connection from the list on the AD LDS Instance Connections tab, you should first remove it from all sections where it is used, and only then remove the connection from the list.

When creating a connection, you must specify an access account - an account under which Password Manager will access an AD LDS instance and a specified application directory partition. You can use the Password Manager Service account, an Active Directory account or an AD LDS account. These accounts must have the following minimum set of permissions:

• Membership in the Domain Users group (for the Password Manager Service account and the Active Directory account only)
• Membership in the Readers group in the application directory partition (for the AD LDS account only)
• Membership in the Administrators group in the configuration directory partition
• The Read permission for all attributes of user objects
• The Write permission for the following attributes of user objects: pwdLastSet, comment, unicodePwd, lockoutTime, msDS-UserAccountDisabled
• The right to reset user passwords
• The permission to create user accounts and containers in the Users container
• The Read permission for attributes of the organizationalUnit object and container objects
• The Write permission for the gpLink attribute of the organizationalUnit objects and container objects
• The Read permission for the attributes of the container and serviceConnectionPoint objects in Group Policy containers
• The permission to create container objects in the System container
• The permission to create the serviceConnectionPoint objects in the System container
• The permission to delete the serviceConnectionPoint objects in the System container
• The Write permission for the keywords attribute of the serviceConnectionPoint objects in the System container

If you want to use the same connection in password policies as well, make sure the account has the following permissions:

• The Read permission for attributes of the groupPolicyContainer objects.
• The Write permission to create and delete the groupPolicyContainer objects in the System Policies container.
• The permission to create and delete container and the serviceConnectionPoint objects in Group Policy containers.
• The Read permission for the attributes of the container and serviceConnectionPoint objects in Group Policy containers.
• The Write permission for the serviceBindingInformation and displayName attributes of the serviceConnectionPoint objects in Group Policy containers.

To add connection

1. On the home page of the Administration site, click the General Settings|AD LDS Instance Connections tab.
2. Click Connect to AD LDS instance to add a connection.
3. In the Connect to AD LDS Instance dialog, configure the following options:
   • In the Server name on which AD LDS instance is installed text box, type the name of the server to which you want to connect.
   • In the Port number (LDAP or SSL) text box, enter the port number that you specified when installing the AD LDS instance. If you select the Use SSL check box, enter the SSL port number; otherwise, LDAP port number. It is recommended to use SSL in your production environment.
   • In the Application directory partition text box, enter the name of the application directory partition from the AD LDS instance to which you want to connect.
   • In the Application directory partition alias text box, type the alias for the application directory partition which will be used to address the partition on the Self-Service site.
   • In the Access account section, select Password Manager Service account to have Password Manager access the AD LDS instance using the Password Manager Service account, otherwise, select The following Active Directory account or The following AD LDS account radio button and enter the required user name and password.
4. Click Save.

   IMPORTANT: After you create a connection on the General Settings|AD LDS Instance Connections tab, you can use it in the user scope, helpdesk scope and password policies by selecting the connection in the Connect to AD LDS Instance dialog on the corresponding page of the Administration site. For example, to use the connection in the user scope of your Management Policy, open the user scope of this Management Policy, click Connect to AD LDS instance, and select the corresponding connection from the list.

To change access account

1. On the home page of the Administration site, click the General Settings|AD LDS Instance Connections tab.
2. Select the connection you want to modify and click Edit.
3. In the Edit AD LDS Instance Connection dialog, select Password Manager Service account to have Password Manager access the managed instance using the Password Manager Service account. Otherwise, select The following Active Directory account or The following AD LDS account and then enter the required user name and password. Note, that the selected account should have the required permissions.
4. Click Save. Note, that the updated settings will be applied everywhere where this connection is used.