Identity Manager 8.0 - Administration Guide for Connecting to LDAP

Script for Generating a Password

You can implement a generating script if additional policies need to be used for generating a random password, which cannot be mapped with the available settings.

Syntax for Generating Script

Public Sub CCC_PwdGenerate( policy As VI.DB.Passwords.PasswordPolicy, spwd As System.Security.SecureString)

With parameters:

policy = password policy object

spwd = generated password

Example for a script to generate a password

The script replaces the invalid characters '?' and '!' in random passwords.

Public Sub CCC_PwdGenerate( policy As VI.DB.Passwords.PasswordPolicy, spwd As System.Security.SecureString)

End Sub

To use a custom script for generating a password

1. Create your script in the category Script Library in the Designer.
2. Edit the password policy.

   1. Select the category Manager | Basic configuration data | Password policies in the LDAP.

   2. Select the password policy in the result list.
   3. Select Change master data in the task view.
   4. Enter the name of the script to generate a password in Generation script on the Scripts tab.
   5. Save the changes.

Related Topics

• Script for Checking a Password

Restricted Passwords

You can add words to a list of restricted terms to prohibit them from being used in passwords.

To add a term to the restricted list

1. Select the category Base Data | Security Settings | Restricted passwords in the Designer.

2. Create a new entry with the menu item Object | New an enter the term to excluded to the list.
3. Save the changes.

Testing a Password

When you test a password, all the password policy settings, custom scripts and the restricted passwords are taken into account.

To test whether a password conforms to the password policy

1. Select the category Manager | Basic configuration data | Password policies in the LDAP.

2. Select the password policy in the result list.
3. Select Change master data in the task view.
4. Select the Test tab.
5. Select the table and object to be tested in Base objectBase objects contain data about the target system to be synchronized, its system connection and the synchronization server. for test.

6. Enter a password in Enter password to test.

   A display next to the password shows whether it is valid or not.

Testing Generating a Password

When you generate a password, all the password policy settings, custom scripts and the restricted passwords are taken into account.

To generate a password that conforms to the password policy

1. Select the category Manager | Basic configuration data | Password policies in the LDAP.

2. Select the password policy in the result list.
3. Select Change master data in the task view.
4. Select the Test tab.

5. Click Generate.

   This generates and displays a password.