ChangePassword Method

Changes the password for the specified user.

Syntax

ldap.changePassword(user, oldPassword, newPassword, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method changes the password for the specified user.

The User parameter is the name of the user for which the password will be changed. OldPassword specifies the current paswsword and NewPassword specifies the new password.

Note: This operation can only be performed over the SSL Port. Set ServerPort to the SSL port of the server (typically 636) before calling this method.

Note: If the user is an administrator the old password is not required.

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