Specifications

To enable or disable authentication methods for a Shadow Password user:
1 In Workgroup Manager, open the account you want to work with (if it is not open).
To open an account, click the Accounts button, then click the Users button. Click the
small globe icon above the list of users and choose from the pop-up menu to open
the local directory domain where the user’s account resides.
Click the lock and authenticate as a directory domain administrator, then select the
user in the list.
2 Click Advanced, then click Security.
You can click Security only if the password type is Shadow Password.
3 Select the authentication methods you want enabled, deselect the authentication
methods you want disabled, then click OK.
4 Click Save.
From the command line:
Enable or disable authentication methods for a user with a shadow password using
the pwpolicy tool. For information about pwpolicy, see its man page. For the basics of
command-line tool usage, see Introduction to Command-Line Administration.
Selecting Authentication Methods for Open Directory
Passwords
Using Server Admin, you can select the authentication methods that will be available
for user accounts whose password type is Open Directory. The Open Directory
Password Server supports available authentication methods for compatibility with
client software.
If users never use client software that requires a specic authentication method,
disable the method. For more information, see “Disabling Open Directory
Authentication Methods” on page 52.
If you disable an authentication method, its hash is removed from the password
database the next time the user authenticates. If you enable an authentication method
that was disabled, you must reset every Open Directory password to add the enabled
method’s hash to the password database. The user can reset the password, or a
directory administrator can do it.
To enable or disable authentication methods for user accounts whose password type
is Shadow Password, see “Setting Password Policies for Individual Users” on page 11 2 .
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