[Fedora-directory-users] WindowsSync password not synced when changed via ldapmodify

Nathan Kinder nkinder at redhat.com
Thu Oct 26 04:16:44 UTC 2006


Jeff Gamsby wrote:
>> Jeff Gamsby wrote:
>>     
>>> I came across this problem today.
>>>
>>> When changing passwords from the Fedora console, it works and syncs
>>> across to AD.
>>> When changing passwords using 'passwd', it does not sync until
>>> pam_password is changed to ssha in ldap.conf. Then it syncs fine.
>>> When changing passwords via ldapmodify in SSHA form, passwords do not
>>> sync.
>>>       
>> FDS needs the clear text password in order to sync it to AD.  The
>> solution is to let FDS hash the password instead of doing it on the
>> client side.
>>
>> -NGK
>>     
>
>  OK, Thanks it works now. I wasn't meeting the password complexity
> requirements.
>   
If you turn on password syntax checking on the FDS side, the default 
settings match that of AD's password complexity requirements.

-NGK
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
>   
>>> Has anyone experienced this behavior?
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a solution?
>>>
>>> I'd like to change passwords via a PHP web interface.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff
>>>
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