[Freeipa-users] Unable to change the password from IPA Client

[Dmitri Pal]

On 02/02/2013 03:24 PM, Rajnesh Kumar Siwal wrote:
> I am unable to change the password through my IPA client (RHEL 5.6).
> IPA Server (CentOS  6.3) , IPA 2.2.
>
> [rsiwal at gw1-test ~]$ kinit rsiwal
> Password for rsiwal at XYZ.COM
> Password expired.  You must change it now.
> Enter new password:
> Enter it again:
> Password mismatch.  Please try again.
> Enter new password:
> Enter it again:
> Password change rejected.  Please try again.
>
> It is matching the password complexidt.
> It is in Migration Mode so that the Users can change the passwords
> through WebUI.
>
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The first time you probably fat fingered it.
The second time your password most likely did not meet the password
policy and was rejected.
Check you pwd policy on the server and look into the KDC logs.

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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