[Freeipa-users] Directory Manager Password Change

[Callum Guy]

Hi Flo,

I have indeed executed every step in order, including the one you have
indicated.

The password I has used included a dollar sign and this meant that echo -n
$DM_PASSWORD > /root/dm_password didn't work as I had expected meaning
everything after the dollar was interpreted as a variable and was missing
in the file. I have corrected this and performed the full process again,
starting with the 389 reset however it is still not working correctly.

I remain in the same state as before where the admin password has not been
changed - this confuses me as my understanding is that admin only exists as
the FreeIPA web admin user whose password I can change separately. Am i
misunderstanding, is there another admin user within FreeIPA which is
directly linked to the directory manager?

Having run out of ideas I have just executed ipa-server-upgrade however
this hasn't helped. My situation remains as follows:

*Works:* ldapsearch -x -D "cn=directory manager" -w  *NEW_DM_PW  *-s base
-b "" "objectclass=*"
*Fails:  *ldapsearch -h localhost -ZZ -p 389 -x -D
"uid=admin,ou=people,o=ipaca" -w *NEW_DM_PW *-b "" -s base

Are you able to offer any other ideas?

Other information:
I can confirm that cacert.p12 has been updated by the actions performed.
File /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/password.conf now contains a new line internaldb=
*NEW_DM_PW *(as per instruction 1 on FreeIPA link)

Best Regards,

Callum


On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 1:08 PM Florence Blanc-Renaud <flo at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 12/05/2016 01:05 PM, Callum Guy wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been testing FreeIPA and now plan to migrate to production use -
> > thanks for creating such a great application!
> >
> > During the test phase we have been using simple passwords for the admin
> > and directory manager users however we need these changed before moving
> > into production. I believe we can change the admin password using the
> > web interface however as I understand it amending the directory manager
> > password is not so straightforward.
> >
> > I have found this
> > link
> https://www.freeipa.org/page/Howto/Change_Directory_Manager_Password
> however
> > I am unsure if this is the correct procedure for our installation -
> > certainly i am having no luck so far.
> >
> > We have the following setup:
> >
> > FreeIPA 4.2.0 - single master server (no replicas), multiple clients
> > CentOS 7.2
> >
> > I have tried the following steps in order:
> >
> >
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/docs/389ds/howto/howto-resetdirmgrpassword.html
> > followed by
> > https://www.freeipa.org/page/Howto/Change_Directory_Manager_Password
> >
> > After completing that I am no longer able to authenticate user logins.
> > The below covers my current situation:
> >
> > This works:
> > ldapsearch -x -D "cn=directory manager" -w NEWPASSWORD -s base -b ""
> > "objectclass=*"
> >
> > This does not work:
> > ldapsearch -x -D "cn=directory manager" -w OLDPASSWORD -s base -b ""
> > "objectclass=*"
> >
> > This works:
> > ldapsearch -h localhost -ZZ -p 389 -x -D "uid=admin,ou=people,o=ipaca"
> > -W -b "" -s base
> > OLDPASSWORD
> >
> > This does not work:
> > ldapsearch -h localhost -ZZ -p 389 -x -D "uid=admin,ou=people,o=ipaca"
> > -W -b "" -s base
> > NEWPASSWORD
> >
> Hi,
>
> your commands show that the Directory Manager password was properly
> modified, but not admin's password. Did you run the step 3 Updating PKI
> admin password of the procedure [1]?
> ldappasswd -h localhost -ZZ -p $CA_PORT -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W
> -T /root/dm_password "uid=admin,ou=people,o=ipaca"
>
> Flo.
>
> [1]
>
> https://www.freeipa.org/page/Howto/Change_Directory_Manager_Password#3._Update_PKI_admin_password
>
> > So i'm i a mixed up state! Is anyone able to offer advise on resolving
> > this issue?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Callum
> >
> >
> >
> >
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