thanks Joe. Very helpful
"Joe Kaplan" wrote:
> You'll have to custom code that somehow with some sort of "enhanced" AD
> membership provider (if you still want to use the membership provider for
> the provisioning piece and not just the credentials validation). You won't
> be able to use the native function for "user must change password at next
> logon".
>
> Essentially, you would need to store some value in the user account
> indicating "first logon" and if that is set, force the user to change the
> password in the UI. Then, when that password change is done you would
> update the value so that "first logon" would not be set.
>
> You could probably do something like this fairly easy by just putting a
> value into an existing AD attribute that you aren't using for anything else.
> The rest of it would be logic you would have to build into your user
> management UI.
>
> Joe K.
> --
> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
>
http://www.directoryprogramming.net > --
> "dknight" <dknight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A27AC1EE-CB90-489A-8F90-98D9569EA859@microsoft.com...
> > This web app is externally facing and needs to use AD in our DMZ.
> >
> > The process for creating and maintaining user accounts is this:
> > 1. a user requests an account using our web page.
> > 2. when approved, a LDAP call is made to create the account in AD.
> > 2a. the LDAP call creates the user.
> > 2b. sets a temporary password.
> > 2c. the password needs to be a temporary one. So the LDAP call sets the
> > "user must change password on next login" attribute. (we thought we could
> > force a change password by using this attribute)
> > 2d. when logging, in the web app(using ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider)
> > needs to detect that the password they are using is a temporary one and
> > then
> > force a change of the password.
> >
> > How would you suggest this be done?
> > If the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider does not support this attribute
> > is
> > there another way of getting this funcitonality? Maybe a combination of
> > ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider and DirectoryServices coding to check
> > the
> > attribute not supported?
> >
> > Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > "Joe Kaplan" wrote:
> >
> >> When you log on to a workstation or server at the terminal or through
> >> terminal services.
> >>
> >> Joe K.
> >> --
> >> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> >> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
> >> Programming"
> >>
http://www.directoryprogramming.net > >> --
> >> "dknight" <dknight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:55F5AD40-A86E-452F-980A-45FA83B9E63D@microsoft.com...
> >> > What is an interactive logon?
> >> >
> >> > "Joe Kaplan" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Change password at next login" is not supported via any type of LDAP
> >> >> auth
> >> >> which is what the membership provider uses, so essentially you can't
> >> >> do
> >> >> this. As far as I know, you can only support this feature via
> >> >> interactive
> >> >> logon.
> >> >>
> >> >> Joe K.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> >> >> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
> >> >> Programming"
> >> >>
http://www.directoryprogramming.net > >> >> --
> >> >> "dknight" <dknight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:352A1A2B-BFE7-4836-912D-52B5AC84B262@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I'm using AD for my asp.net c# forms authentication. The login
> >> >> > control
> >> >> > works
> >> >> > great.
> >> >> > However we need the provider to force a change of password when the
> >> >> > AD
> >> >> > account's "User must change password on next login" attribute is set
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > true.
> >> >> > Using DirectoryServices I can check to see if the attribute is set
> >> >> > but
> >> >> > when
> >> >> > I try to use the ChangePassword control it won't reset the password.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > "Password incorrect or New Password invalid. New Password length
> >> >> > minimum:
> >> >> > 7.
> >> >> > Non-alphanumeric characters required: 1" warning even though Iv'e
> >> >> > met
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > password rules.
> >> >> > Does this provider support the ChangePassword control?
> >> >> > Thanks.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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