Test-R1DirectoryAuthentication

SYNOPSIS

Reports whether a DN and password authenticate.

SYNTAX

Test-R1DirectoryAuthentication [-dn] <String> [-password] <SecureString> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Asks the server to bind as the given DN with the given password and returns whether it succeeded. The DN may also be a username the deployment maps internally.

The request body is sent as UTF8 bytes so that the password cannot be captured by Windows PowerShell parameter binding or module logging.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Test-R1DirectoryAuthentication -dn 'uid=one,o=example' -password $Secret

Returns true when the credentials authenticate.

PARAMETERS

-dn

The DN of the entry.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-password

The password.

Type: SecureString
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

System.Boolean

NOTES

Reset-R1DirectoryEntryPassword