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Password Manager 5.14.2 - Administration Guide

About Password Manager Getting started Password Manager architecture
Password Manager components and third-party applications Typical deployment scenarios Password Manager in a perimeter network Management Policy overview Password policy overview Secure Password Extension overview reCAPTCHA overview User enrollment process overview Questions and Answers policy overview Password change and reset process overview Data replication Phone-based authentication service overview
Management policies
Checklist: Configuring Password Manager Understanding Management Policies Adding or cloning a new Management Policy Configuring access to the Administration Site Configuring access to the Password Manager Self-Service Site Configuring access to the Helpdesk Site Configuring Questions and Answers policy Workflow overview Custom workflows Custom activities Password Manager Self-Service Site workflows Helpdesk workflows Notification activities User enforcement rules
General Settings
General Settings overview Search and logon options Importing and exporting configuration settings Outgoing mail servers Diagnostic logging Scheduled tasks Web Interface customization Instance reinitialization Realm Instances Domain Connections Extensibility features RADIUS Two-Factor Authentication Internal Feedback Customizing help link URL Password Manager components and third-party applications Unregistering users from Password Manager Bulk Force Password Reset Fido2 key management Working with Redistributable Secret Management account Email templates
Upgrading Password Manager Administrative Templates Secure Password Extension Password Policies Enable 2FA for administrators and helpdesk users Reporting Password Manager integration Accounts used in Password Manager Open communication ports for Password Manager Customization options overview Third-party contributions Glossary

Application pool identity

Application pool identity is an account under which the application pool's worker process runs. The account you specify as the application pool identity during Password Manager setup will be used to run Password Manager websites.

Application pool identity account must meet the following requirements:

  • This account must be a member of the IIS_IUSRS local group on the web server in IIS 7.0.

  • This account must have permissions to create files in the <password-manager-installation-folder>\App_Data folder.

  • Application pool identity account must the full control permission set for the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\One Identity\Password Manager.

Domain management account

Domain management account is an account under which Password Manager accesses a managed domain. Domain management account must meet the following minimum requirements to successfully perform password management tasks in the managed domain:

  • Membership in the Domain Users group

  • The Read permission for all attributes of user objects

  • The Write permission for the following attributes of user objects: pwdLastSet, comment, userAccountControl, and lockoutTime

  • 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 domain objects

  • The Write permission for the gpLink attribute of the organizationalUnit objects and domain 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

Password policy account

You can use Password Manager to create password policies that define which passwords to reject or accept. Password policy account is an account that you specify when you add a domain for configuring password policies.

Password policy account must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • 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 Read permission for the nTSecurityDecriptor attribute of the groupPolicyContainer objects.

  • 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.

  • The Write permission for the following attributes of the msDS-PasswordSettings object:

    • msDS-LockoutDuration

    • msDS-LockoutThreshold

    • msDS-MaximumPasswordAge

    • msDS-MinimumPasswordAge

    • msDS-MinimumPasswordLength

    • msDS-PasswordComplexityEnabled

    • msDS-PasswordHistoryLength

    • msDS-PasswordReversibleEncryption

    • msDS-PasswordSettingsPrecedence

    • msDS-PSOApplied

    • msDS-PSOAppliesTo

    • name

For more information on password policies that can be configured in Password Manager, see Creating and Configuring a Password Policy.

 

Corporate Authentication

In the Register workflow, if the Admin selects Corporate authentication check box, user will only be able to review the corporate account details while registration. If Allow user to edit corporate details check box is selected, the user will be able to update the respective corporate details such as Corporate email and Corporate phone number, provided that the details are not previously populated by administrator in the AD.

If Corporate authentication registration mode is selected in the Register activity, make sure that Domain management account has the following set of permissions.

  1. The read permission for Corporate email attribute and Corporate phone attribute where, Mobile is the default attribute for the Corporate phone.

  2. If Allow user to edit corporate details is selected under Corporate authentication, both Read and Write permission must be available for Corporate email attribute and Corporate phone attribute, where Mobile is the default attribute for the Corporate phone.

NOTE: If the Corporate phone attribute under Reinitialization page is a custom value (for example, pager), the Read/Write Permissions must be provided for that attribute instead of the mobile attribute.

Account for using One Identity Quick Connect

You can configure cross-platform password synchronization using One Identity Quick Connect. If used in conjunction with Quick Connect, Password Manager allows you to enable users and helpdesk operators to manage passwords across a wide variety of connected systems.

To enable Password Manager to connect to Quick Connect and set passwords in connected systems, the account used to access Quick Connect must be a member of the local administrators group on the Quick Connect server. For more information on using Quick Connect with Password Manager, see Reset Password in Active Directory and Connected Systems.

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