topic ACS 5.2 and External Identity AD User in Network Access Control https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669779#M242451 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>We are using ACS 5.2 and we are trying to create a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Identity Store. We have a user to be used in the Active Directory creation General page and we would like to know how the test communication / ACS to AD communication takes place.</P><P></P><P>Our user is a <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">predefined user</SPAN> in AD and has admin rights, but the password expires every 60 days. Will this affect the communication between AD and ACS 5.2 at everytime the entered user's password <SPAN style="color: #333333;">expires</SPAN>? Do we always have to change the password in the External Identity store everytime the password expires?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Marian</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:13:12 GMT marian_15 2019-03-11T01:13:12Z ACS 5.2 and External Identity AD User https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669779#M242451 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>We are using ACS 5.2 and we are trying to create a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Identity Store. We have a user to be used in the Active Directory creation General page and we would like to know how the test communication / ACS to AD communication takes place.</P><P></P><P>Our user is a <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">predefined user</SPAN> in AD and has admin rights, but the password expires every 60 days. Will this affect the communication between AD and ACS 5.2 at everytime the entered user's password <SPAN style="color: #333333;">expires</SPAN>? Do we always have to change the password in the External Identity store everytime the password expires?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Marian</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:13:12 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669779#M242451 marian_15 2019-03-11T01:13:12Z ACS 5.2 and External Identity AD User https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669780#M242493 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, if the ACS admin user password expires, you're killing the ACS-AD communication. The doc says that the ACS password should never expire, otherwise you have to remodify it constantly.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:00:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669780#M242493 Nicolas Darchis 2011-07-13T07:00:36Z ACS 5.2 and External Identity AD User https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669781#M242517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for this Nicolas!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:52:12 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-access-control/acs-5-2-and-external-identity-ad-user/m-p/1669781#M242517 marian_15 2011-07-14T08:52:12Z