Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy(3)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		     Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy(3)

NAME

       Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy - LDAPv3 Password Policy control object

SYNOPSIS

	use Net::LDAP;
	use Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy;
	use Net::LDAP::Constant qw( LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICY );

	$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.example.com" );

	$pp = Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy->new;

	$mesg = $ldap->bind( "cn=Bob Smith,dc=example,dc=com",
			     password => "secret",
			     control => [ $pp ] );

	# Get password policy reponse
	my($resp)  = $mesg->control( LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICY );

	if (defined($resp)) {
	  my $v = $resp->pp_error;
	  print "Password policy error $v
" if defined $v;
	  $v = $resp->time_before_expiration;
	  print "Password expires in $v second(s)
" if defined $v;
	}

DESCRIPTION

       "Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy" provides an interface for the creation and manipulation of objects that represent
       "PasswordPolicyRequest"s and "PasswordPolicyResponse"s as described by draft-behera-password-policy-09.

       This control can be passed to most operations, including the bind.

CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS

       There are no constructor arguments other than those provided by Net::LDAP::Control.

METHODS

       time_before_expiration
	   If defined, this is an integer value holding the time left in seconds before the account's password will expire.

       grace_authentications_remaining
	   If defined, this is an integer value holding the number of authentication requests allowed before the account is locked.

       pp_error
	   If defined, this contains a more detailed error code for the account.  See Net::LDAP::Constant for definitions of each.  Values can
	   include:

	   LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_EXPIRED
	   LDAP_PP_ACCOUNT_LOCKED
	   LDAP_PP_CHANGE_AFTER_RESET
	   LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_MOD_NOT_ALLOWED
	   LDAP_PP_MUST_SUPPLY_OLD_PASSWORD
	   LDAP_PP_INSUFFICIENT_PASSWORD_QUALITY
	   LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT
	   LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_TOO_YOUNG
	   LDAP_PP_PASSWORD_IN_HISTORY

SEE ALSO

       Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control, Net::LDAP::Constant, draft-behera-ldap-password-policy-09.txt

AUTHOR

       Chris Ridd <chris.ridd@isode.com>

       Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Ridd. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.16.2							    2012-09-20				     Net::LDAP::Control::PasswordPolicy(3)