Changing Oid User Password In Webcenter Prompts Error When Oid Implement Password History Checking (Doc ID 1298602.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 02, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1.  Integrate webcenter to OID.
2.  Create an account in OID, or using the existing account.
3.  In OIDADMIN, login as orcladmin, go to
     Password Policy Management ->" Password Policy for Realm dc=...."
     Click the Password Syntax tab on the right.
4.  Change the "Number of Passwords in History" to 2 and click apply.
5.  Login to WebCenter, and go to WebCenter->Preferences->Password
6.  Provide the correct old password, and give a new password (that has not been used before)
7.  Click the Apply button and you will see the error:

     Error: Incorrect Old Password for user account

Changes

WebCenter 11.1.1.2.0 integrated with OID with "Number of Passwords in History" policy (pwdinhistory) enabled.

Cause

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