Solving Password Problems with the Lotus Notes Driver
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By Perry Nuffer
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Posted: 1 Mar 2006 |
Problem
When processing a modify-password command, the NotesDriverShim checks for an existing and valid 'old-password' match. Thus if the modify-password command is missing an <old-password> value and the existing Notes User already has an HTTPPassword (web password) value set, the modify-password command will fail.
Solution
If the old HTTPPassword value is known (and currently valid in Notes), adding an <old-password> element with the old HTTPPassword value to the <modify-password> command should work. Here's an example:
<input>
<modify-password class-name="Person" event-id="pwd-subscribe" src-dn="\PWDSYNCTREE\sync\dom\poc\JohnDoe" src-entry-id="35952">
<association>D9628831A988381AC12570F9005BE6B3</association>
<old-password><!-- content suppressed --></old-password>
<password><!-- content suppressed --></password>
</modify-password>
</input>
If you don't know the old-password, to overcome this security check, try setting the HTTPPassword attribute directly. A command like the following received by the NotesDriverShim should work:
<input>
<modify class-name="Person" event-id="pwd-subscribe" src-dn="\PWDSYNCTREE\sync\dom\poc\JohnDoe" src-entry-id="35952">
<association>D9628831A988381AC12570F9005BE6B3</association>
<modify-attr attr-name="HTTPPassword" is-sensitive="true"><!-- content suppressed -></modify-attr>
</modify>
</input>
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