Re: passwd change

[Yossef Korang <yossef@yossefk.com>]

Looks like you can, atleast in KDE there is Kpasswd

Alex Zheng wrote:

> Just a side note:
>
> can user change their own passwd in LDAP via some kind of interface or 
> GUI?
>
>
> alex
>
> At 01:24 PM 7/14/2003 -0400, Yossef Korang wrote:
>
> > I just found the solution to this myself:
> > I recompiled the openldap software with the additional argument of : 
> > --enable-crypt
> >
> > In slapd.conf I added:
> > password-hash {CRYPT}
> > password-crypt-salt-format "$1$%.8s"
> >
> > Now it works smoothly for me.
> >
> > Tibbetts, Ric wrote:
> >
> > > All;
> > > I still cannot change passwords from the client.
> > > If a user tries (using 'passwd'), I get the following error:
> > >
> > > # > passwd
> > > Changing password for <user>
> > > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
> > > # >
> > >
> > >
> > > I CAN log into that client as a user, I just cannot change the 
> > > password.
> > >
> > > Server:  OpenLDAP 2.1.22 on Solaris 9
> > > Client:  RedHat Linux (8.0 & 9) with default OpenLDAP installation
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Ric