[Fedora-directory-users] userPassword

[Rich Megginson]

Dharmin Mandalia wrote:
> Hi
>
> I used below script to assign password(123.com) to user test1 account 
> which has no password assigned  and it does assign the password, when 
> try to login as user test1 with password 123.com, am unable to login. 
> Assigned passwords to few test accounts using below script and same 
> issue unable to login. 
> # ./script   test1   123.com
> ######### START ######################################
> #!/bin/ksh  -x
> uid=$1    ;     password=$2
> PASSWD=`slappasswd  -v  -h {SSHA}   -s  "$password"`
>
> ldapmodify  -x  -D  "cn=Directory Manager"  -w  `cat /tmp/p`   <<  
> ALLDONE
> dn: uid=$uid,ou=People, dc=trust, dc=co, dc=uk
> changetype: modify
> add: userpassword
> userpassword: "$PASSWD"
> ALLDONE
> ######### END ####################
>
> When I export the database do see the the userPassword entry as :-
> userPassword: {SSHA}Q7B+QFu2iRXxH8Ys8bfW/i3O0HrjSKfwbZHn4A==
Have you tried it without the quotes in the here document?  I think the 
quotes may be interpreted literally in here documents. e.g.
userpassword: $PASSWD
>
> In the script I also tried PASSWD=123.com , still the same , unable to 
> login.
>
> Any helpers to why above script assigns the password but unable to 
> login and what should I do so am able to login.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
> Dharmin
>
>
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