[Fedora-directory-users] Re: WinSync userAccountControl bug (was Fedora-directory-users Digest, Vol 42, Issue 4)

[Rich Megginson]

John Dickinson wrote:
> Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Howard Chu wrote:
>>>> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:13:08 -0700
>>>> From: Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>
>>>
>>>> John Dickinson wrote:
>>>>> On 30 Oct 2008, at 16:00, Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>> create user in AD                    userAccountControl: 512 (Normal)
>>>>> create user in Fedora DS (console)   userAccountControl: 546 
>>>>> (Normal +
>>>>> PASSWD_NOTREQ + ACCOUNTDISABLE)
>>>>>
>>>>> Would there be anything wrong with Fedora DS just forcing
>>>>> userAccountControl = 512? Or are more options needed in the user
>>>>> creation dialog?
>>>> I'm not sure.  1.1.3 included a "fix" for userAccountControl.  The way
>>>> it works now is this:
>>>> add new AD entry over LDAP - no userAccountControl attribute is 
>>>> present,
>>>> so it must use some sort of AD default value
>>>> read the new AD entry - get the userAccountControl value
>>>> set AD entry userAccountControl |= 0x200 # 512 == normal account)
>>>>
>>>> So you might try a simple test - add a new AD entry over LDAP 
>>>> outside of
>>>> windows sync - see what the default userAccountControl value is - I'm
>>>> guessing that adding a new AD entry without specifying
>>>> userAccountControl sets it to PASSWD_NOTREQ + ACCOUNTDISABLE
>>>
>>> Yes, users created via LDAP are disabled unless you explicitly provide
>>> the userAccountControl attribute (with proper flags) in the LDAP Add
>>> operation. I tripped over this myself the first time I loaded up a
>>> test database in AD. (It also gave me a Fine Opportunity to time how
>>> long it took to LDAP Modify all of the users in my test database. 
>>> ugh...)
>>>
>> Then this is a bug in the winsync code.  In the ADD case, it should just
>> force userAccountControl to the Normal value.  In the MOD case, it
>> should |= the value.  John, can you open a bug about this issue?  
>> Thanks.
>
> Done - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470224
Thanks.
>
> There are other values of userAccountControl that an administrator 
> might want to set when creating users. One example is 
> DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD - so is there a need for the userAccountControl 
> flags to be configurable on a create user dialog such as that in 
> fedora-idm-console or phpldapadmin rather than hard coded?
Probably, but that's for another bug/enhancement request.
>
> John
>
> P.S. Sorry about the totally useless subject line earlier in this thread.
>
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