The Delegation request type enables a department administrator to modify modify permissions on an organizational unit in a department OU. A department administrator can submit a delegation request to grant or revoke one of the defined permissions sets called delegations to an existing group in Active Directory. The supported delegationsare defined on the following page:
How-To - Request a Delegation via PowerShell script
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The Active Directory team maintains a set of PowerShell scripts at https://github.austin.utexas.edu/eis1-aad/RequestsByAttribute to assist department administrators with this process. These scripts must be run on a Windows system joined to the Austin Active Directory and the system must have the Active Directory PowerShell module installed.
- Get-ADRequests.ps1 - displays the pending requests for a department
- Get-ADResults.ps1 - displays the results of any requests for a department
- Add-ADDelegationRequest.ps1 - submits a new delegation request for a department
- Remove-ADDelegationRequst.ps1 - remove a pending delegation request for a department
Request a delegation
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Start a PowerShell session as a department administrator.
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Complete the following steps in this PowerShell session unless instructed otherwise |
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Run the following commands to request a delegation:
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The following example would submit a request to grant the Computer delegation to the EXAMPLE-ComputerAdmins on the OU=Computers,OU=EXAMPLE,OU=Departments,DC=austin,DC=utexas,DC=edu organizational unit. The example must be run by a department administrator in the EXAMPLE department. |
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.\Add-ADDelegationRequest.ps1 -Department 'EXAMPLE' -Action 'Grant' -Delegation 'Computer' -Principal 'EXAMPLE-ComputerAdmins' -Path 'OU=Computers,OU=EXAMPLE,OU=Departments,DC=austin,DC=utexas,DC=edu' |
Run the following commands to review the pending request:
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.\Get-ADRequests.ps1 -Department 'EXAMPLE' |
Wait until a few minutes after the next hour.
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Requests are processed every hour within the first few minutes. |
Run the following commands to review the results of the request:
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.\Get-ADResults.ps1 -Department 'EXAMPLE' |
How-To - Request a Delegation via ldapmodify
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The OpenLDAP ldapmodify and Kerberos kinit tools can be leveraged together to submit delegation requests to the Austin Active Directory by directly adding the delegation request JSON string to the requests attribute. Please see the Requests By Attribute - Technical Details page for more information about the components of the process.
Request a delegation
Ensure that your system is connect to the UT VPN
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VPN access is required to retrieve a Kerberos ticket |
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Ensure that the required packages are installed:
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Modify then save the contents of the following code block to define the delegation request:
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dn: ou=example,ou=departments,ou=administrative,dc=austin,dc=utexas,dc=edu
changetype: modify
add: utexasEduAustinMulti1
utexasEduAustinMulti1: {"Timestamp":"2024-03-01T12:00:00.000Z","Type":"Delegation","Action":"Grant","Delegation":"Group","Principal":"EXAMPLE-ComputerAdmins","Path":"OU=Computers,OU=EXAMPLE,OU=Departments,DC=austin,DC=utexas,DC=edu","RequestedBy":"EXAMPLE-abc123"} |
Modify then run the following commands to retrieve a Kerberos ticket:
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Replace the <dept-admin> in the following command with your department administrator username. The domain name must be capitalized. The example-abc123 department administrator would run the following: example-abc123@AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU |
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kinit <dept-admin>@AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU |
Modify then run the following commands to submit the delegation request:
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Replace example in the LDIF file name with the actual file name |
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ldapmodify -Q -H "ldap://austin.utexas.edu" -f example.ldif |
Modify then run the following commands to review the pending request:
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Replace example in both the DN and filter with the actual department name |
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ldapsearch -Q -H "ldap://austin.utexas.edu" -b "ou=example,ou=departments,ou=administrative,dc=austin,dc=utexas,dc=edu" -s base "(ou=example)" utexasEduAustinMulti1 |
Wait until a few minutes after the next hour.
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Requests are processed every hour within the first few minutes. |
Modify then run the following commands to review the results of the request:
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Replace example in both the DN and filter with the actual department name |
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Delegation Request String
The request string for a delegation request is a JSON string that contains the following properties:
Delegation Result String
The result string for a delegation request is a JSON string that contains the following properties: