How to create new Admin users in Oracle Internet Directory (OID)

A lot of us end up using the superuser 'cn=orcladmin'  to connect to OID for all use-cases.

Certainly this is not the best practice as the superuser 'cn=orcladmin' is a privileged user having more privileges than are needed certain admin functions having access to multiple realms on OID. 

While there is no documented way to create a second superuser for OID, like cn=orcladmin. But, a user with the same privileges as the realm Admin (cn=orcladmin,dc=<companyName,dc=com) can be created and used for the following use cases : 

• Use in OAM Console for Identity Store credentials
• Providing ODSM login capability to admin users to view/modify the LDAP Tree for their realm
• Any kind of CRUD based LDAP APIs used in Java Code
• Separate password policies can be created for these users which are different from the cn=orcladmin superuser etc.

This user can be created as follows : 

1. Create an LDIF file with the following content
   dn: cn=myadmin,cn=Users,dc=oracle,dc=com
   givenname: myadmin
   sn: myadmin
   cn: myadmin
   uid: myadmin
   mail: myadmin@oracle.com
   objectclass: top
   objectclass: person
   objectclass: inetOrgPerson
   objectclass: orclUser
   objectclass: orclUserV2
   objectclass: organizationalPerson
   
   
   
2. Run ldapadd
   ldapadd -h <OID_host> -p <OID_port> -D "cn=orcladmin" -w <password> -f <LDIF_filename>

        Alternatively, we can use the 'Import' function available in Data Browser tab in ODSM .

3.  Confirm that you are able to bind successfully as the newly created user

  ldapbind -h <OID_host> -p <OID_port> -D      "cn=myadmin,cn=users,dc=oracle,dc=com" -w <password>

4. Get the existing group memberships for the orcladmin user

  ldapsearch -h <OID_host> -p <OID_port> -D "cn=orcladmin" -w    <password> "<DN_of_orcladmin>" "dn"

Alternatively use 'Import' feature in Data Browser tab of ODSM to import the SuperUser.ldif file attached (essentially contains the all groups to be added for a Realm Admin in LDIF format)

Reference : Doc ID 454796.1

Good reads : 

1) Creating read-only users in OID
2) How to unlock superuser cn=orcladmin account in OID

OID 11.1.1.7 - Unlocking superuser orcladmin account

We weren't able to login to WebCenter Portal which uses OID as the Authentication store today.
On investigation we found out that the superuser orcladmin account was itself locked.

Note -
1.There are 2 orcladmin accounts: the superuser account, cn=orcladmin, and the REALM administrator cn=orcladmin, for example: cn=orcladmin,cn=users,dc=oracle,dc-com.

2. The superuser account is hard coded and is not seen in the Oracle Directory Manager (ODM), nor the Oracle Directory Services Manager (ODSM) in 11g.

Following commands* executed from a command line tool helped to fix this issue -

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/middleware/Oracle_IDM1/

export ORACLE_INSTANCE=/u01/app/oracle/admin/OID_Domain/oid_inst_2/

cd /u01/app/oracle/middleware/Oracle_IDM1/ldap/bin

>./oidpasswd connect=OIDDB unlock_su_acct=true      #find connect string from #/u01/app/oracle/admin/OID_Domain/oid_inst1/config/tnsnames.ora

OID DB user password:<ODS Schema pwd>

*This is just a representation of what i had to do in my environment to fix this.

Post this, you would need to login to ODSM, go to Data Browser tab and change the password for cn=orcladmin,cn=Users,dc=<companyName>,dc=com and change the password which in all probability might have expired as well.

Reference : https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=251354.1

Atul Kumar's post here also helps with similar issues.

To change password policies have a look at this Oracle Doc