Using the command line

You can issue the provided command to enable the password policy.

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idsldapmodify –D <adminDN> –w <adminPW> -p <port> -k
dn: cn=pwdpolicy,cn=ibmpolicies
ibm-pwdpolicy:true
ibm-pwdGroupAndIndividualEnabled:true
To define group and individual password policies issue the following commands:
idsldapadd -D <adminDN> –w <adminPW>
dn:cn=grp1_pwd_policy,cn=ibmpolicies
objectclass: container
objectclass: pwdPolicy
objectclass: ibm-pwdPolicyExt
objectclass: top
cn:grp_pwd_policy
pwdAttribute: userPassword
pwdGraceLoginLimit: 1
pwdLockoutDuration: 30
pwdMaxFailure: 2
pwdFailureCountInterval: 5
pwdMaxAge: 999
pwdExpireWarning: 0
pwdMinLength: 8
pwdLockout: true
pwdAllowUserChange: true
pwdMustChange: false
ibm-pwdpolicy:true
idsldapadd -D <adminDN> –w <adminPW>
dn:cn=individual1_pwd_policy,cn=ibmpolicies
objectclass: container
objectclass: pwdPolicy
objectclass: ibm-pwdPolicyExt
objectclass: top
cn:grp_pwd_policy
pwdAttribute: userPassword
pwdGraceLoginLimit: 3
pwdLockoutDuration: 50
pwdMaxFailure: 3
pwdFailureCountInterval: 7
pwdMaxAge: 500
pwdExpireWarning: 0
pwdMinLength: 5
pwdLockout: true
pwdAllowUserChange: true
pwdMustChange: false
ibm-pwdpolicy:true
To associate the group and individual password policies with a group or a user, issue the following commands. For instance, to associate a group password policy with a group:
idsldapmodify -D <adminDN> -w <adminPW> -k
dn:cn=group1,o=sample
changetype:modify
add:ibm-pwdGroupPolicyDN
ibm-pwdGroupPolicyDN:cn=grp1_pwd_policy,cn=ibmpolicies
To associate an individual password policy with a user:
idsldapmodify -D <adminDN> -w <adminPW> -k
dn:cn=user1 ,o=sample
changetype:modify
add:ibm-pwdIndividualPolicyDN
ibm-pwdIndividualPolicyDN:cn= Individual1 _pwd_policy,cn=ibmpolicies