Hi I was trying to implement a custom function to validate the user password,(need to check if the password is in correct format or not. For this I referred the following procedure given in the guide in section 5.24.2
Web NMS provides new interface ValidateCredentials to perform custom validation (like validating against password history, password format etc.,) of the Password field at server side. ValidateCredentials is an interface to do a custom validation over the password field. The interface is defined with the single method validate().The implementing class can do custom validation like to ensure the password is the combination of uppercase, lowercase and special characters etc. It needs to return false/true based on unsuccessful and successful validation and can show error dialog to the User at error condition.
The implementation class need to be configured at client configuration file <NMS_HOME>/conf/clientparameters.conf file to the attribute 'Validator' like,
I created a file in server and added it as validator parameter in clientparameters.conf file. But this is not working. The file is not being invoked on changing the password. Can somebody tell me the work-around !!
Please remove the Validator="MyPasswordValidator" entry & configure VALIDATOR="DefaultValidator".
In addition, update the NmsClientClasses.jar with the DefaultValidator class.
(We believe that you are using the default implementation provided by WebNMS - default_impl/clientcustomization/DefaultValidator.java. If not, please configure the fully qualified class name, for eg. VALIDATOR="com.test.DefaultValidator" in clientparameters.conf)
Now restart the client. We believe this meets your requirement.
If this also proves futile, please get back to us with the modified ClientParameters.conf & the Validator source you are using to validate the password.
where in, in the "com.tekelec.ems.passwordMgmt.PwdValidator" file, I have mentioned some print statements, just to check if the file is hitting or not. This file is being placed in Server. But after changing the password through Tools-> Change Password, I cannot find these print statements in the stdout file.
Please configure it as VALIDATOR="com.tekelec.ems.passwordMgmt.PwdValidator" (Case sensitive Name)
In addition, update the NmsClientClasses.jar with the com.tekelec.ems.passwordMgmt.PwdValidator class.
If this also proves futile, please get back to us with the following: * modified ClientParameters.conf *server side logs *client logs (in the java console) *PwdValidator.java source
Hi Venkatramanan, I was able to do as u guided, and added my validator in NMSClient - jar to make validator class applicable on password.
But I was just wondering if we can make a different jar and add my new validator file in it , rather than adding it in already existing NMS client jar ??????
You can archive this in your own jar & append the same in the following places so that it is taken in CLASSPATH: 1. CLASSPATH variable of startApplicationClient.bat 2. Add the same as a comma separated entry in ARCHIVE tag of clientparameters.conf
In this way, you can have this implementation in your own jar.
In case of any issues, please get back to us with the modified ClientParameters.conf, startApplicationClient.bat & the jar.
Regards
Venkatramanan
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