How to make user passwords adhere to case sensitivity in the User Application

  • 3484291
  • 30-Jul-2007
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell User Application 3.5
Novell Identity Manager 3.5

Situation

How to make user passwords adhere to case sensitivity in the 3.5 User Application

Resolution

To require that user passwords be case sensitive for the User Application, you should follow these steps:

1. Open the /opt/novell/eDirectory/sbin/pre_ndsd_start file (formerly located in /etc/init.d).
2. Add the following lines:

NDSD_TRY_NMASLOGIN_FIRST=true
export NDSD_TRY_NMASLOGIN_FIRST

3. Save the file.
4. Restart eDirectory.

After making this change, all passwords will need to be entered in the proper case.

Change Log

2011-03-07 AB: Correct various spelling and technical errors.