Resetting Password for LDAP Directory Server User in the Cloud Console Fails With Error “Unable to reset password! Please contact your administrator”
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Cloud Authentication Service
Issue
After generating a one-time password (OTP) for an LDAP user from the Cloud Administration Console to reset their password, it fails with error:
“Unable to reset password! Please contact your administrator”
When setting the Identity Router's logging level to 'Debug', the below error has been recorded in the /var/log/symplified directory:
2023-07-17/12:51:40.413/UTC [pool-4-thread-6] ERROR com.rsa.aae.ldap.impl.LDAPPasswordAuthenticationMethod[314] - LDAPException - Failed to update the password of user: CN=aaa,OU=bb,OU=cc,DC=dd,DC=ee LDAPException(resultCode=50 (insufficient access rights), diagnosticMessage='00000005: SecErr: DSID-031A11ED, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS), data 0 ', ldapSDKVersion=4.0.14,
Cause
Resolution
- Login to the Cloud Administration Console
- Navigate to Users, and then Identity Sources
- Edit the Identity Source
- Edit the Directory Server
- In the Username field, enter the username for the directory server administrator account that handles the connection to SecurID
- In the Password field, enter the password for the directory server administrator account.
- Save and Test Connection.
- Publish Changes.
- Synchronize the Identity Source.
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