[Fedora-directory-users] User password change which syntax checking

[Ross Johnson]

Ross Johnson wrote:
> I have FDS 1.1.1 running with password policy and syntax checking 
> working for user passwords via the console, but I haven't been able to 
> get ldappasswd (from mozldap-tools package) to pay attention to those 
> password constraints that I know work via the console. That is, 
> ldappasswd succeeds even when given passwords that fail in the 
> console. Is this what I should expect to see?
I've now learnt that FDS will accept a plaintext password in the LDIF 
from ldapmodify, which is policy checked (I had assumed only a hashed 
value could be provided - duh) so I can at least move on but I'm still 
puzzled by ldappasswd since that would be the most obvious choice for 
scripting password changes. It's possibly only the mozldap-tools version 
because I see that other implementations provide parameters to send 
either plaintext passwords or encrypted.

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Ross Johnson
Unix Specialist, IT Infrastructure
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia
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