Re: How To set things up to allow users to change their passwords

["Dieter Kluenter" <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:

> I have Openldap set up on a CentOS 5 system (using the stock 2.3.43
> RPMS) and I want to allow users to change their passwords, but I am
> confused by the documentation (it has both too much and not enough
> information -- there don't appear to be simple HowTos for common setups).

http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/slapdconfig.html
 see section 6.3

> I am not sure what to put in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf (I think I need an
> ACL).  I expect I need something in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf (or
> prossibly /etc/ldap.conf) to allow the authorization.  This is on a LAN
> with diskless clients, behind a firewall, so I *probably* don't need to
> set up SSL and certs (but I am unsure of this as well).

Get your system running first, than you may decide to install
transport layer security.

-Dieter

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