Net::LDAP::Control::PaUserrContributed PeNet::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy(3)NAMENet::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy - LDAPv3 Password Policy control
object
SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy;
use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICY );
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.example.com" );
$pp = Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy->new;
$mesg = $ldap->bind( "cn=Bob Smith,dc=example,dc=com",
password => "secret",
control => [ $pp ] );
# Get password policy reponse
my($resp) = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICY );
if (defined($resp)) {
my $v = $resp->pp_error;
print "Password policy error $v\n" if defined $v;
$v = $resp->time_before_expiration;
print "Password expires in $v second(s)\n" if defined $v;
}
DESCRIPTION
"Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy" provides an interface for the cre‐
ation and manipulation of objects that represent "PasswordPolicyRe‐
quest"s and "PasswordPolicyResponse"s as described by
draft-behera-password-policy-09.
This control can be passed to most operations, including the bind.
CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
There are no constructor arguments other than those provided by
Net::LDAP::Control.
METHODS
time_before_expiration
If defined, this is an integer value holding the time left in sec‐
onds before the account's password will expire.
grace_authentications_remaining
If defined, this is an integer value holding the number of authen‐
tication requests allowed before the account is locked.
pp_error
If defined, this contains a more detailed error code for the
account. See Net::LDAP::Constant for definitions of each. Values
can include:
LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_EXPIRED
LDAP_PP_ACCOUNT_LOCKED
LDAP_PP_CHANGE_AFTER_RESET
LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_MOD_NOT_ALLOWED
LDAP_PP_MUST_SUPPLY_OLD_PASSWORD
LDAP_PP_INSUFFICIENT_PASSWORD_QUALITY
LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT
LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_TOO_YOUNG
LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_IN_HISTORY
SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control, Net::LDAP::Constant,
draft-behera-ldap-password-policy-09.txt
AUTHOR
Chris Ridd <chris.ridd@isode.com>
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mail‐
ing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Ridd. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
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