[Freeipa-users] strange password error..

[Simo Sorce]

On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 10:11 -0700, Janelle wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there any known bug that would cause:
> 
> Password change failed. Server message: Current password's minimum life 
> has not expired
> 
> Here is the environment/process (7.1 with IPA 4.1.4) --
> 1. reset a user's PW so they are forced to change it.
> 2. they login and get the "Your password has expired..." message
> 3. They are then asked to change it and enter a new PW (twice)
> 4. This error message pops up, BUT -- the password is still changed.

If they get this using kpasswd it may happen if a re-transmission
occurs, as kpasswd uses UDP, so the second request ends up with that
error, I think, not 100% sure.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York