Windows Azure Active Directory -> Set password for the user - azure

I am referring OrgChart Example here: https://github.com/AzureADSamples/WindowsAzureAD-GraphAPI-Sample-OrgChart
It has predefined set of properties that can be set at the time of user creation.
Can someone tell me how do I add Password property when creating a user
Thanks!

Check out the documentation for Create User. In your request body, it would look like this to set a password for the user:
{
"accountEnabled": true,
"displayName": "Alex Wu",
"mailNickname": "AlexW",
"passwordProfile": { "password" : "Test1234", "forceChangePasswordNextLogin": false },
"userPrincipalName": "Alex#contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
}
You can also check out the docs for Password profile to see what limitations exist for setting the password.

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How to assign roles to the users in Azure Active Directory

I am creating a login module for a web portal. For this I have created a create user api which creates the user in Azure Active Directory. Below is how I am doing this (in Python) using the Graph API:
user_data = {
"accountEnabled": True,
"displayName": "john",
"mailNickname": "john",
"userPrincipalName": "john#demo.onmicrosoft.com",
"passwordProfile": {
"forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": False,
"password": <password>
}
}
jdata = json.dumps(user_data)
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('graph.microsoft.com')
conn.request("POST", "/v1.0/users", jdata, headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
This creates the user in active directory and I am also able to login fine. To login, I am using Python's adal library:
context = adal.AuthenticationContext(config_data['AUTHORITY_HOST_URL'] + '/' + config_data['TENANT'], validate_authority = config_data["TENANT"] != 'adfs')
email = email_name + "#" + config_data['TenantName']
token = context.acquire_token_with_username_password(config_data['RESOURCE'], email, raw_data['password'], config_data['RIPE_CONNECT_CLIENT_ID'])
I also need to assign roles to the user I am creating. For ex, I have education portal where when account is created, user also selects if he/she is student, teacher, parent. Based on this, I need to assign these roles to the user so that whenever user logs in, portal knows that this user is student so it will show all the relevant information and will not show other data which is not relevant to student. When a teacher will log in, it will show all the data.
How can I apply role based control system to users in azure active directory. I have gone through some of the documentation which Microsoft has provided on it but it looks like RBAC is only for the user to restrict their usage of any virtual machine/web service on Azure itself.
How can I use RBAC in my scenario. Is there any API available which I can use to further assign roles to users. What are the other alternatives for this.
Can anyone please give me some good suggestions? Please help. Thanks
EDIT:
config_data['RESOURCE']: https://graph.microsoft.com
Below is the response I get in token when authenticating users using adal library:
{
'tokenType': 'Bearer',
'expiresIn': 3599,
'expiresOn': '2020-10-26 13:19:56.881597',
'resource': 'https://graph.microsoft.com',
'accessToken': 'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJub25jZSI6IjU0aG03Z1psNmdqZVNmT1lCcF9jeVliTWtobklKVmdlV1Q2dHF2SnR3cTgiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6ImtnMkxZczJUMENUaklmajRydDZKSXluZW4zOCIsImtpZCI6ImtnMkxZczJUMENUaklmajRydDZKSXluZW4zOCJ9.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.qk3t_nZ0q_koA4D1QZNeBm7DLbuYxiCMNn8TC85dyQz1eY1uIZ1jhj7248z0m4CvELtp27KR8-jssiCzkW1RdUgxShscV6jRbmMPcpbR5YZ5iNZOyQxQHDSAafM0s_mJjQAA8JTwxc4yAhcKOU2R5PcVX6zbeCi28weQDs9q6vke7fCN7UPX6MKQNELBopJnQaXrvc5J9UAhvA1-_FfONnjb3zxRqb55hQuAiKpn2pRzyfD_fHViuPD2UauTZ0-1rwLRPtuMWdPl2aZNGrftfgTCeN6kxUlvunta06cdtyN6XnILCCv7mlYecPPwZi4vd5SC0hIYNIaEgciBa1pwYg',
'refreshToken': '0.ASwAH0GQvLV2s0qvyhPREnfkS4JkG8CNKDNFjJinxegGfMgsAHE.AgABAAAAAAB2UyzwtQEKR7-rWbgdcBZIAQDs_wIA9P-wwH63zoGppq4f4Mz_zC7KfHZm8AYjxC3scz2h4HGhhHlmMNHFwj3IxE-EjTu0fgnzW-0YsRe4ELoB-3kD87Ok7NuF91NlLw2jnsVmfBu3WAbpqPDe_dGbJN6jKORHaXnSZFa32CvXht2wfj-VByzqXCBOIA3N6h61zptbSXvw4kRcobMAnftSgrzmIMwvVZIduEfnzkuSphwla_V0UxQhnAioVQUlJP90-5WRoVjLNqrmLQnaTUrY4ppeKL_u12HJZje1T2TmTHqTIfrGOZz_tvEDGsU06D2AbjTrVCfJget6D4UgKtUuo9L_dGS9PFO6OSMHSzAu32tXrB0pgxz9okm-so1ptpcSh1jtbrZATmYG4olBcEmKD_-meVrgQ7r_XH8GseBPXSSw_Bqvr55GDUbm0qGjDc3qUjHnBAeVZOPJVTKaTOK93UoUtv15DXB23UN-8xQjQ6ynjIUfC_mIJVr4m1K_sDjVAqvsvOX_gM0Zc0OwsUvB3-W_fIbr0CO1Rd38s2XfDOwkuqi8GCab6Jao5DC9rMDxekJmrc1efQvexdnijjGoTm__IGFZF2IUR_ARdJxt6UlPVrIpvAJROO5T7YIEpeR-fo6euq6txYDjiw4ImZCZ5E717lbRQsqiqLshV2TZNmf0rqRPesraBqBi8LfvEei7AdYMor5uMZpcnYPx2xKMnEnCrZBj1PkMc-quDhIoWyRNontHmTa2YbrFWGZBf61g2Y6J_P_5qySljS3JZted2A_jVd45ue2aBzcQVjxuXnKn0EEeoeq_dmxEylWxwoZYL_2hBnlNzgGD5gVXf24uL_RJvuIHat68UOSCt6hf4IwVVLGvNobhqPJO5v5YNvHdmP5P1n0KkEQJLzoyZuY',
'oid': '1bc79085-2a1f-4fad-8da8-647f4b4b2927',
'tenantId': 'bc90411f-76b5-4ab3-afca-13d11277e44b',
'userId': 'testuser#demo.info',
'isUserIdDisplayable': True,
'isMRRT': True,
'_clientId': 'c01b6482-288d-4533-8c98-a7c5e8067cc8',
'_authority': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/bc90411f-76b5-4ab3-afca-13d11277e44b'
}
Response when using client id as resource:
{
'tokenType': 'Bearer',
'expiresIn': 3599,
'expiresOn': '2020-10-26 13:30:30.990330',
'resource': 'c01b6482-288d-4533-8c98-a7c5e8067cc8',
'accessToken': 'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6ImtnMkxZczJUMENUaklmajRydDZKSXluZW4zOCIsImtpZCI6ImtnMkxZczJUMENUaklmajRydDZKSXluZW4zOCJ9.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.BkjC5-glOieUjsx3QoRs0LuWUbKlX__G9EIDHL3Uxmc1NnTFsAPgi1NdtZuimiP9r6Th976XaHzub_Z6cq_yzRVzQNEon41GGI_mrc3ejjCJnRjgxSTOhQlqiW99E58x6PATPzB2rjwpNj_BOkkAR8qWul-nUxYf071h0RLNqftUigLL85LpkLFSWgBmqp1o7m84Y5lmxPNBsMYoNw7z94lDlR79j-SjwbxhvFO-zaR2qXMw4U2yWHmjxhYx-VJ1goC_esgasutI5PUCndYewzH9pnG9uNTwDFaLpJS_FudQrPSKvr2mVFGqwpuEIfmbybj-Vd2ETPCIu8kZ-b__3g',
'refreshToken': '0.ASwAH0GQvLV2s0qvyhPREnfkS4JkG8CNKDNFjJinxegGfMgsAHE.AgABAAAAAAB2UyzwtQEKR7-rWbgdcBZIAQDs_wIA9P8SUM1Gw4jhn-3gCk4lIUZOSxhqfoeqN6nY7DXdcjtUqsWRbzeB09CdUPwJqkwr42WqsFgQhxRc3NMxt_ZSwut2ZvrapmKCTjXzp3mXzzk3PQulqUQCa0eIgtNhrmjQoQ57L-TkprJnzIrTh2mYQMWDsSJB82jva-5EPi0dmuqvwfmBuWAjJqh1RinAmBZOtl4B5GUqTDvblJMINqV6nNJRESGU51alKLyailCumYDzWlN-ljEdY3O6Y53EwvQBfLbKIckCChXs__Tn0q4UDfmiJpVPdG1K452Jm2IhgCYsp8Uy-pPd2l1ZNObH9Vr5cadkSoAJP9v4I4g7BGokV9J9GiysR7mENhxh_oe3Yao7Mhosmid7Nveplv3BkZxbmilWp_1-11tUrGWEIjz6O1j0i9_0o6UW54SYA5Wj4hFXQ6yQX0x2QBTj7xGJBzsiJ4F3gxuZ_wCZUqyqwkxvqAg8SkK1QUpPQpOlMrfoE-db5jJ4sL1WcQ71ZSD3cfJgLRtajCPIJsutQ-It8FE6rG9Qj8k_srKB6oSKQL62J_X7bUVGLdZRjDVNhWaowam_oz4oNm7z1YELAepOJvpV__PEETAFxpl_zl2WnizKAYsSDMg8U1NZJ11Ihvyh3B_yYUKjPA46iqcWgp0WeUc93L-ZYgIdFy3j1Ie3N7p-hYXCxSdMs0UUnQUcUwgbXnwCfPEwcDdQH0WqwKBAILRml0rR-PAcSY6hUV5g51mQ3mHpfGvTtkIbDEMj2LmwGR872-JOB4gxGn4wv48AuxOrtu-GydcwucY_ev9bKs72XdwXC0vi2KGoVqv5ElJdAqjquf2doxaegCAwFe4APYeQ-AdkyR30CpuJedmp5YBESNTNB4yljreHErk9UXKkCYcCQnk',
'oid': '1bc79085-2a1f-4fad-8da8-647f4b4b2927',
'tenantId': 'bc90411f-76b5-4ab3-afca-13d11277e44b',
'userId': 'testuser#demo.info',
'isUserIdDisplayable': True,
'isMRRT': True,
'_clientId': 'c01b6482-288d-4533-8c98-a7c5e8067cc8',
'_authority': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/bc90411f-76b5-4ab3-afca-13d11277e44b'
}
I think what you are looking for is app roles and appRoleAssignments: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/serviceprincipal-post-approleassignments?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http.
You can define user roles in your app registration manifest, and then assign them through API calls to the endpoint linked above, or through the Azure AD management UI (Enterprise applications -> your app -> Users and groups).
Documentation for app roles: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-add-app-roles-in-azure-ad-apps
Example defined role from the above docs:
"appRoles": [
{
"allowedMemberTypes": [
"User"
],
"displayName": "Writer",
"id": "d1c2ade8-98f8-45fd-aa4a-6d06b947c66f",
"isEnabled": true,
"description": "Writers Have the ability to create tasks.",
"value": "Writer"
}
],

Not prompting change password on First SignIn

I am using Graph API to create user and this is how i am creating a user
let payload = {
"displayName": value.data.displayName,
"identities": [
{
"signInType": "userName",
"issuer": "{tenantName}.onmicrosoft.com",
"issuerAssignedId": value.data.memberNumber
},
{
"signInType": "emailAddress",
"issuer": "{tenantName}.onmicrosoft.com",
"issuerAssignedId": value.data.email
}
],
"passwordProfile": {
"forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": true,
"password": value.password
},
"passwordPolicies": "DisableStrongPassword"
}
When i create user using "forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": true in passwordProfile, i always get an error shown in image below i.e. password has expired even on first login.
It should be a limitation currently.
You can refer to a previous similar post to learn about the sign-in policy. The sign-in policy validates a user credential by sending a grant_type=password request to the Azure AD B2C directory. If the forceChangePasswordNextLogin property is set to true, this request returns an "user_password_expired" error. The sign-in policy handles this error by displaying the "Invalid email address/user or password" error.
So as Chris Padgett suggested, you can create a custom attribute (e.g. ForceResetPasswordNextLogin), set this to true when you create the local account, and then issue this as an application claim from the sign-in policy to your B2C application.
After sign-in, if it is set to true, then your B2C application can initiate the password reset policy. After password reset, then your B2C application can set it to false.
Custom policy is also a choice.

Ms graph: get user by id

I need to get the user, who created and shared file.
To get user by id I call the endpoint GET /users/{id}: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-get
But instead file owner the endpoint returns current logged in user info.
I have two assumptions:
incorrect user id
incorrect permissions
1. User id. I got it from remoteItem.createdBy.user.id, where user is Identity object and contains next properties:
{ displayName: '', id: '' }
There is a remark in the documentation:
In some circumstances, the unique identifier for the actor may not be available. In this case, the displayName property for the identity will be returned, but the id property will be missing from the resource.
Well, maybe existing displayName means that id is incorrect? How to get owner user in this case?
2. Permissions. I've tried next permissions:
Files.Read.All (Application/Delegated)
User.Read.All (application/Delegated)
Any help is highly appreciated. thanks!
As mentioned in the comment, when you want to get a specific user, you need to use GET /users/{object-id | userPrincipalName}, not GET /me which for the signed-in user, see this link.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{object-id | userPrincipalName}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 491
{
"businessPhones": [
"businessPhones-value"
],
"displayName": "displayName-value",
"givenName": "givenName-value",
"jobTitle": "jobTitle-value",
"mail": "mail-value",
"mobilePhone": "mobilePhone-value",
"officeLocation": "officeLocation-value",
"preferredLanguage": "preferredLanguage-value",
"surname": "surname-value",
"userPrincipalName": "userPrincipalName-value",
"id": "id-value"
}

What does it mean "Property has an invalid value"?

During the creation of a batch of users in Azure AD by using the Graph API version 1.0 I receive the followiing error message:
Property has an invalid value
As you can see, there is not property name in the message, so I can't understand the real problem. What I can say is that those users have no particular conditions among the all others successfully created.
Any ideas?
Update 1:
As people asked, below are the post data. Since there is sensitive data, I have to changed names and som other personal data:
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users
And the JSON payload:
{
"accountEnabled": false,
"country": "BR",
"displayName": "Jane Sagan",
"givenName": "Jane",
"mailNickname": "jane.sagan",
"otherMails": [
"jane.sagan.#gmail.com"
],
"passwordProfile": {
"forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": false,
"password": "J#n3Sa8aN"
},
"surname": "Sagan",
"usageLocation": "BR",
"userPrincipalName": "jane.sagan#university.br",
"userType": "Member"
}
The property "otherMails" doesn't support the format "jane.sagan.#gmail.com".
Username cannot end with '.' in O365. You can have a try (create a user whose username ends with '.') in O365 portal to verify it.

GitLab API - How to get private_token using GET with session parameter?

I am using GitLab API v3 to do some operations on my private installation. Using private_token in GET URL is working fine. e.g.
GET http://git.example.com/api/v3/projects?=private_token=xyz123
But in order to make this possible, you need a private_token. There is one sure way to get it - from your account settings. But I want my users to use their email id/ login id and password to retrieve the private key and use it from there for rest of the operations.
I used following GET url and it is doing nothing for me:
GET http://git.example.com/api/v3/session?login=xyzuser&password=xyzpassword
Ideally as per GitLab documentation, I should get a JSON as follows -
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john#example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"private_token": "dd34asd13as",
"blocked": false,
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"bio": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"dark_scheme": false,
"theme_id": 1,
"is_admin": false,
"can_create_group" : true,
"can_create_team" : true,
"can_create_project" : true
}
If I get this, I can get private_token and work from there.
What am I doing wrong?
You need to POST the data as stated in the api (http://api.gitlab.org/session.html).
Be aware that if you do this action on a http port (instead of using https) that the password is send in plain text to the server.

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