How do i create a control

I’m trying to reset PWD in AD while honoring password history. I’m using this article as reference. AD requires that I pass a control (1.2.840.113556.1.4.2239 or 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2066) with the modification for a reset (replace not delete/add - no original pwd).

My first question is do I use a regular Control or ServerSideSortingRequestControl? I’m guessing the later, either way when I try to create the control i get various errors.

The latest error is ‘Missing required key: attributeType’

//var pwdhint = new ldap.Control({
var pwdhint = new ldap.ServerSideSortingRequestControl({
    type: "1.2.840.113556.1.4.2239",
    criticality: false,
    value: value
});  
client.modify('CN=Test,OU=Users,DC=Domain,DC=com', 
    new ldap.Change({
        operation: 'replace',
        modification: {
            unicodePwd: encodePassword(newPassword)
        }
    }), pwdhint, function(result, error){
        if (error) (console.log(error));
        console.log(result);
    });

And my second question is how do I create the “value” parameter. No matter how I create I get a TypeError. This says it should be a byte array and the previous article I referenced said the value should be “0x1”

If I pass the control without specifying the value it appears that the control is ignored. As PWD history is ignored and the ModifyResponse.controls is empty

Would appreciate some help

[kylecordes]

It is disappointing that neither the docs nor the issue tracker appear to have a working example of a Control.

[saostad]

Probably this is a bug in library. here is the spec of how it should work https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511#section-4.1.11