Attribute Value Password Validator
The Attribute Value Password Validator attempts to determine whether a proposed password is acceptable for use by checking whether the password matches or contains attribute values from the user’s entry.
It can be configured to look in all attributes or in a specified subset of attributes.
Parent
The Attribute Value Password Validator object inherits from Password Validator.
Attribute Value Password Validator properties
You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.
| Basic Properties | Advanced Properties |
|---|---|
check-substrings |
check-substrings
Synopsis |
Indicates whether this password validator is to match portions of the password string against attribute values and portions of attribute values against the password string. |
Description |
If "false" then only match the entire password against attribute values; otherwise ("true"), check whether the password contains portions of attribute values and whether the attribute values contain portions of the password. |
Default value |
true |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
enabled
Synopsis |
Indicates whether the password validator is enabled for use. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
match-attribute
Synopsis |
Specifies the name(s) of the attribute(s) whose values should be checked to determine whether they match the provided password. If no values are provided, then the server checks if the proposed password matches the value of any attribute in the user’s entry. |
Default value |
All attributes in the user entry will be checked. |
Allowed values |
The name of an attribute type defined in the LDAP schema. |
Multi-valued |
Yes |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
min-substring-length
Synopsis |
Indicates the minimal length of the substring within the password in case substring checking is enabled. |
Description |
If "check-substrings" option is set to true, then this parameter defines the length of the smallest word which should be used for substring matching. Use with caution because values below 3 might disqualify valid passwords. |
Default value |
5 |
Allowed values |
An integer. Lower limit: 0. |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
Advanced properties
Use the --advanced
option to access advanced properties.
java-class
Synopsis |
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the password validator implementation. |
Default value |
org.opends.server.extensions.AttributeValuePasswordValidator |
Allowed values |
A Java class that extends or implements:
|
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect. |
Advanced |
Yes |
Read-only |
No |