[K12OSN] smbldap changing password

[Brian Chivers]

Krsnendu dasa wrote:
> [Krsnendu dasa] I reinstalled K12LTSP 4.2 and installed ldapsmb using
> the installer. Now it is working. I had to reboot K12LTSP to get it
> to work though. It would be good to mention this in the HOWTO if this
> is something everyone will have to do.
> 
> Now I can login to windows and linux using the same username and
> password. 
> 
> Is there any way users can change their own passwords? With just
> K12LTSP I gave the users a standard password and they were able to
> change it themselves using preferences/password. They enter their
> existing password then they enter the password of their choice twice.
> 
> I tried doing this after the smbldap install. If first prompted for
> the current password (this time ldap was mentioned in the prompt)
> then it said new UNIX password. After doing this I could notice no
> change. Logging in to K12LTSP wouldn't accept the new password. It
> worked using the original password.
> 
> Login to windows also uses the original password.
> 
> Is there any way the users can change their own password the gets
> saved in ldap-smb?
> 
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What clients are you trying to use to change password, Windows or Linux ??

Brian

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