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Change Of Password (via OVD 10g) Fails On 3rd Party LDAP (ie, Active Directory), But OAM Returns It Was Successful (Doc ID 555186.1)

Last updated on MARCH 18, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Virtual Directory - Version 10.1.4.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Environment:
OAM (Oracle Access Manager) 10.1.4.0.1
OVD (Oracle Virtual Directory) 10.1.4.2.0
OIM (Oracle Identity Manager) 9.0.3.1.0
OVD backend directories: AD (Active Directory) and Oracle E-business suite

If OIM is down, changing password in AD through OAM, OVD receives an exception (LDAP Error 53, WILL NOT PERFORM), but OAM seems to not catch the error and displays that the password was changed successfully. This is confusing to users since the password is not actually changed on the backend AD directory.

 

The OVD vde.log shows: 

 

Cause

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Cause
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