[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 877 prompt for current password

[Rob Crittenden]

Jan Cholasta wrote:
> On 16.9.2011 21:16, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Prompt for the current password when changing your own password using
>> ipa passwd.
>>
>> I had to jump through several hoops with this:
>>
>> - Added a new sortorder option so the Current password is prompted first
>
> IMO something like "before='password'" would be more readable and
> probably less error-prone than "sortorder=-1".

The params are sorted numerically based on whether they are required, 
have a default, etc. A negative value means it will appear first. This 
is intended to be generic enough without having to worry about nested 
resolution (A before B, B before C, C before A).

>
>> - Pass a magic value for current_password if changing someone else's
>> password
>>
>> NOTE: This breaks the API for passwd. There is no way around it. I have
>> this as a minor update as it won't cause older clients to blow up too
>> badly, but their passwd command won't work.
>>
>> rob
>>
>
> Honza
>