Pass Through Authentication Handler

Note: this component is designated "advanced", which means that objects of this type are not expected to be created or altered in most environments. If you believe that such a change is necessary, you may want to contact support in order to understand the potential impact of that change.

Note: this is an abstract component that cannot be instantiated.

Pass Through Authentication Handlers are used in conjunction with the pluggable pass-through authentication plugin to handle all interaction with the external authentication service.

Direct Subcomponents Relations from This Component Relations to This Component Properties dsconfig Usage

Direct Subcomponents

The following Pass Through Authentication Handlers are available in the server :

These Pass Through Authentication Handlers inherit from the properties described below.

Relations from This Component

The following components have a direct aggregation relation from Pass Through Authentication Handlers:

Relations to This Component

The following components have a direct aggregation relation to Pass Through Authentication Handlers:

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
 description  None
 included-local-entry-base-dn
 connection-criteria
 request-criteria

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Pass Through Authentication Handler
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

included-local-entry-base-dn

Description
The base DNs for the local users whose authentication attempts may be passed through to the external authentication service. If one or more base DNs are specified, then only binds attempted by users at or below one of those base DNs may be passed through to the external authentication service.
If no base DNs are specified, then only the associated pass-through authentication plugin's set of included local entry base DNs will be used.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A valid DN.
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

connection-criteria

Description
A reference to connection criteria that will be used to indicate which bind requests should be passed through to the external authentication service. If a connection criteria object is specified, then only bind requests from clients that match this criteria may be passed through to the external authentication service. If no connection criteria object is specified, then bind requests from any client may be passed through.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Connection Criteria.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

request-criteria

Description
A reference to request criteria that will be used to indicate which bind requests should be passed through to the external authentication service. If a request criteria object is specified, then only bind requests that match this criteria may be passed through to the external authentication service. If no request criteria object is specified, then all bind requests may be passed through.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Request Criteria.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Pass Through Authentication Handlers:

dsconfig list-pass-through-authentication-handlers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Pass Through Authentication Handler:

dsconfig get-pass-through-authentication-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Pass Through Authentication Handler:

dsconfig set-pass-through-authentication-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Pass Through Authentication Handler:

dsconfig delete-pass-through-authentication-handler
     --handler-name {name}