[Fedora-directory-users] Problem with Password Policy : dirsrv service restart required !

Hugo Etievant hugo.etievant at inrp.fr
Mon Oct 27 16:12:33 UTC 2008


Rich Megginson a écrit :
> Hugo Etievant wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> If i use  ldapmodify command, some change of password policy's "User 
>> may change password" attribute is used immedialety without ldap 
>> deamon restart,
>> but if y use ldappassword, i have to restart ldap deamon !!!
>>
>> why this difference ?
> Let me see if I understand.  After changing the password policy to 
> "User may change password":
> If you use ldapmodify to change the userPassword attribute, the policy 
> is in effect immediately without a server restart
> If you use ldappasswd to change the user's password, the policy is not 
> in effect until after a server restart
>
> Is this correct?
Yes, it is !
Exactly.

> If so, sounds like a bug - in either case, the change should take 
> effect immediately. 
I think, too !



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