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Configuring<br />

post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

can<br />

be<br />

configured<br />

to<br />

allow<br />

customized<br />

processing<br />

to<br />

occur<br />

after<br />

a<br />

successful<br />

password<br />

change<br />

operation.<br />

Password<br />

changes<br />

can<br />

occur<br />

voluntarily<br />

using<br />

the<br />

pkmspasswd<br />

command<br />

from<br />

the<br />

browser,<br />

or<br />

through<br />

mandated<br />

actions<br />

dictated<br />

by<br />

password<br />

security<br />

policies<br />

(such<br />

as<br />

password<br />

expiration).<br />

The<br />

post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing<br />

capability<br />

allows<br />

you,<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

example,<br />

to<br />

update<br />

one<br />

or<br />

more<br />

external<br />

user<br />

registries<br />

without<br />

additional<br />

authentication<br />

overhead.<br />

The<br />

post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing<br />

functionality<br />

relies<br />

on<br />

an<br />

additional<br />

authentication<br />

mechanism<br />

configured<br />

in<br />

the<br />

webseald.conf<br />

configuration<br />

file.<br />

If<br />

a<br />

password<br />

change<br />

is<br />

successful,<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

checks<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

this<br />

additional<br />

mechanism.<br />

If<br />

the<br />

password<br />

change<br />

fails,<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

does<br />

not<br />

check<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

the<br />

additional<br />

mechanism.<br />

The<br />

additional<br />

authentication<br />

mechanism<br />

is<br />

a<br />

custom<br />

authentication<br />

library,<br />

written<br />

using<br />

the<br />

external<br />

authentication<br />

C<br />

API.<br />

Refer<br />

to<br />

the<br />

<strong>IBM</strong><br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

Developer’s<br />

Reference<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

complete<br />

reference<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

this<br />

API.<br />

If<br />

the<br />

custom<br />

mechanism<br />

is<br />

configured<br />

and<br />

the<br />

password<br />

change<br />

is<br />

successful,<br />

the<br />

custom<br />

library<br />

receives<br />

the<br />

old<br />

password,<br />

the<br />

new<br />

password,<br />

and<br />

the<br />

user<br />

name.<br />

To<br />

configure<br />

post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing,<br />

use<br />

the<br />

post-pwd-change<br />

parameter<br />

in<br />

the<br />

[authentication-mechanisms]<br />

stanza<br />

of<br />

the<br />

webseald.conf<br />

configuration<br />

file<br />

to<br />

specify<br />

the<br />

full<br />

path<br />

to<br />

the<br />

custom<br />

library<br />

file:<br />

[authentication-mechanisms]<br />

post-pwdchg-process<br />

=<br />

<br />

For<br />

example<br />

(Solaris):<br />

[authentication-mechanisms]<br />

post-pwdchg-process<br />

=<br />

/opt/PolicyDirector/lib/reg2update.so<br />

Post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing<br />

conditions<br />

v<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

calls<br />

a<br />

configured<br />

custom<br />

library<br />

only<br />

when<br />

a<br />

password<br />

change<br />

is<br />

successful<br />

v<br />

Errors<br />

are<br />

returned<br />

as<br />

success<br />

or<br />

failure.<br />

It<br />

is<br />

the<br />

responsibility<br />

of<br />

the<br />

developer<br />

to<br />

properly<br />

handle<br />

any<br />

errors<br />

locally.<br />

This<br />

success<br />

or<br />

failure<br />

is<br />

audited,<br />

but<br />

not<br />

acted<br />

on.<br />

v<br />

Failure<br />

of<br />

post<br />

password<br />

change<br />

processing<br />

does<br />

not<br />

cause<br />

a<br />

successful<br />

password<br />

change<br />

to<br />

fail<br />

214<br />

<strong>IBM</strong><br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

e-<strong>business</strong>:<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

<strong>Administration</strong><br />

Guide

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