Novell Documentation: Identity Manager Drivers

1.1 What’s New?

Table 1-1 Summary of Released Features

Feature	LDAP Driver Version	Description
Support for the PasswordModify Extended Operation	1.9	The Identity Manager Driver for LDAP supports the PasswordModify Extended Operation as defined in RFC 3062. If you are using an LDAP directory that supports the PasswordModify extended operation, such as OpenLDAP, the Driver for LDAP uses the extended operation when setting or modifying passwords on the Subscriber channel. If the LDAP directory doesn’t support the PasswordModify extended operation, the Driver for LDAP sets a value on the UserPassword attribute, as in previous driver versions. This value is hashed and stored securely This feature doesn’t require you to configure anything. The driver is capable of detecting whether the LDAP server supports the operation.
Controlling Whether the ;Binary Option Is Added To Attribute Names	1.9.2	A Subscriber channel parameter controls whether the ;binary option is added to attribute names when values are encoded. See LDAP Subscriber Settings.
Controlling Whether Initial Search Results Are Synchronized	1.9.2	A parameter for the LDAP-Search publication method controls whether the initial search results are synchronized, or only subsequent changes are synchronized. See LDAP Publisher Settings: Only the LDAP-Search Method.

Feature

LDAP Driver Version

Description

Support for the PasswordModify Extended Operation

1.9

The Identity Manager Driver for LDAP supports the PasswordModify Extended Operation as defined in RFC 3062.

If you are using an LDAP directory that supports the PasswordModify extended operation, such as OpenLDAP, the Driver for LDAP uses the extended operation when setting or modifying passwords on the Subscriber channel.

If the LDAP directory doesn’t support the PasswordModify extended operation, the Driver for LDAP sets a value on the UserPassword attribute, as in previous driver versions. This value is hashed and stored securely

This feature doesn’t require you to configure anything. The driver is capable of detecting whether the LDAP server supports the operation.

Controlling Whether the ;Binary Option Is Added To Attribute Names

1.9.2

A Subscriber channel parameter controls whether the ;binary option is added to attribute names when values are encoded. See LDAP Subscriber Settings.

Controlling Whether Initial Search Results Are Synchronized

1.9.2

A parameter for the LDAP-Search publication method controls whether the initial search results are synchronized, or only subsequent changes are synchronized. See LDAP Publisher Settings: Only the LDAP-Search Method.