Brian,

Couple of options as I see it:

1)  Allow domain authentication prior to CCA auth, then when they login
to the domain they will get the native windows password message and be
able to change their own password.

2)  Allow access to your accounts portal, if you have one.  We have a
portal in which all users can change a myriad of passwords from one web
site.  We simply allow access to this site for he unauthenticated role.

Feel free to contact me off-line if you have more questions....

Brad

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:41:18 -0500
>From: Brian Beausoleil <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: LDAP password question  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>   Here at Southern we are faced with a problem where our domain
>   passwords are set to expire every xx days.  When a student
>   with an expired password attempts to log into the CAA, they
>   receive an invalid username/password error message.  They end
>   up calling our Help Desk asking how this could be if they are
>   typing the right password.  We proceed to tell them their
>   password must have expired and they need to change it in one
>   of the computer labs by logging into the computers there and
>   following the prompts.  The director of the labs is unhappy
>   about this situation because of the increase of on-campus
>   students visiting the labs in such a short period of time.  We
>   are wondering if anyone has faced this problem and how they
>   worked around it.  Outside of sending an email or posting a
>   notice in the halls or website, is there any way the Clean
>   Access system can notify the students their password is about
>   to expire?  Does this sound like I need to make a feature
>   request?  Does LDAP even allow for a 3rd party application to
>   receive a password expiring notice and handle it accordingly?
>
>    
>
>    
>
>   Thank you in advance.
>
>    
>
>   Brian Beausoleil
>
>   Network Services
>
>   Southern CT State University
>
>    
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