public.ad.pass

Function description

Introduced in Hello IT 1.3

Goal

This function is used to display the delay in days before the Active Directory password informations. It will also display a notification to push the user to change the password when needed. This feature come as a complement to the loginwindow built-in feature allowing the password alert to be seen by the user even if the session stay open all the time.

Settings

The settings dictionary contain all informations you can set to use this function. Here is a description of each.

Key	Type	Description
alertXDaysBefore	Integer	Number of days before the expiration to display the alert, default value is 15
repeat	Integer	Seconds between each check
willExpireFormat	String	Item title with %l representing the number of days before password expiration (like "🔐 %l 📆")
neverExpireInfo	String	Message used to inform the user for a password with no expiration date
optionalDisplay	Boolean	Will show the related item only if option key was pressed when Hello-IT menu was shown (supported in Hello-IT 1.4.0+)
tooltip	String	message to show when the mouse is over the item
offlineTooltip	String	message to show when the mouse is over the item and the AD isn't reachable
notificationTitle	String	Notification's title when password change will soon be mandatory
notificationMessageFormat	String	Notification's message when password change will soon be mandatory
notificationOfflineMessageFormat	String	Notification's message when password change will soon be mandatory but AD isn't reachable
notificationChangePasswordTitle	String	Notification's label for the button that will lead the user to the password change
notificationLaterTitle	String	Notification's label for the button that will dismiss the notification for now

Sample settings

<dict>
	<key>functionIdentifier</key>
	<string>public.ad.pass</string>
	<key>settings</key>
	<dict>
		<key>alertXDaysBefore</key>
		<integer>60</integer>
		<key>repeat</key>
		<integer>3600</integer>
	</dict>
</dict>

More informations

Main implementation

The main implementation of this function is made in the ADPAss plugin from the main project.