Setting up a single administrator account
About this task
To create an example of a single, generic administrator account:
Steps
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Create an LDIF file with an example administrator entry.
Example:
dn: uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: person objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: top givenName: Admin uid: admin cn: Admin User sn: User userPassword: password
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To add the entry, use the
ldapmodify
tool.Example:
$ bin/ldapmodify --defaultAdd --filename admin.ldif
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To add the access control instruction (ACI) to the root suffix or base DN to give full access to the new administrator, create another LDIF file.
The ACI grants full access to all user attributes, but not to operational attributes. To grant access to operational attributes as well as user attributes, use
(targetattr = "*||+")
in the access control instruction.Example:
dn: dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: aci aci: (targetattr = "*") (version 3.0; acl "Grant full access for the admin user"; allow (all) userdn="ldap:///uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com";)
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To add the entry, use the
ldapmodify
tool.Example:
$ bin/ldapmodify --filename admin.ldif
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To verify the additions, use the
ldapsearch
tool.Example:
In the following example, the first command searches for the entry that contains
uid=Admin
and returns it if the search is successful. The second command searches for the base DN and returns only those operational attributes, including ACIs, associated with the entry.$ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com "(uid=admin)" $ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com --searchScope base "(objectclass=*)" "+"
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Add specific privileges to the administrator account, then to process the modify operation press CTRL-D.
Example:
For this example, add the
password-reset
privilege to the administrator account from the command line.$ bin/ldapmodify dn: uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: ds-privilege-name ds-privilege-name: password-reset
Result:
Processing MODIFY request for uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com MODIFY operation successful for DN uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com
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Assign a password policy for the administrator account.
Example:
Create an
Admin Password Policy
, then add the password policy to the account.$ bin/dsconfig create-password-policy \ --policy-name "Admin Password Policy" \ --set "description:Password policy for administrators" \ --set password-attribute:userpassword \ --set "default-password-storage-scheme:Salted SHA-256" \ --set password-change-requires-current-password:true \ --set force-change-on-reset:true \ --set "max-password-age:25w 5d" \ --set grace-login-count:3 \ --no-prompt
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To apply the password policy to the account, run the
ldapmodify
command.Example:
Execute the
ldapmodify
command with a bind DN that has sufficient rights, such as a root DN, as in the following example.$ bin/ldapmodify dn: uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: ds-pwp-password-policy-dn ds-pwp-password-policy-dn: cn=Admin Password Policy,cn=Password Policies,cn=config