Re: Changing a password through extended operations

Jim, this is actually in the current API, see
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/directory/c-sdk/ldap/include/ldap-extension.h#824
for implementation see
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/directory/c-sdk/ldap/libraries/libldap/pwmodext.c
and for usage see
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/directory/c-sdk/ldap/clients/tools/ldappasswd.c

Jim Judd wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to figure out if I can change a users password through the LDAP 
> APIs through it's extended operation.
> It looks like it can be done through RFC3062 LDAP Password Modify Extended 
> Operation (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3062.txt), but I'm not sure if the 
> client API supports that RFC.
> 
> I've seen a few examples using the command line tools, but I want to be able 
> to do it from an LDAP C++ client application, using the old password for 
> validation and updating the entry with the new password.  From the RFC, one 
> would perform an extended operation with OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1 and 3 
> data elements userIdentity, oldPassword, and newPassword, but the 
> ldap_extended_operation and ldap_extended_operation_s APIs only take a 
> pointer to a berval structure.  Berval structures only contain a data length 
> and a char*, so unless the 3 parameters are encoded some out it's not going 
> to work.
> 
> Anyone know if and/or how this works from the API?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
> 
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