Hello Rich Megginson
Thanks... without "" am able to login.
Regards
Dharmin
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] userPassword
Rich Megginson
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:26:56 -0800
Dharmin Mandalia wrote:
> Hi
>
> I used below script to assign password(123.com) to user test1 account
> which has no password assigned and it does assign the password, when
> try to login as user test1 with password
123.com, am unable to login.
> Assigned passwords to few test accounts using below script and same
> issue unable to login.
> # ./script test1
123.com
> ######### START ######################################
> #!/bin/ksh -x
> uid=$1 ; password=$2
> PASSWD=`slappasswd -v -h {SSHA} -s "$password"`
>
> ldapmodify -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w `cat /tmp/p` <<
> ALLDONE
> dn: uid=$uid,ou=People, dc=trust, dc=co, dc=uk
> changetype: modify
> add: userpassword
> userpassword: "$PASSWD"
> ALLDONE
> ######### END ####################
>
> When I export the database do see the the userPassword entry as :-
> userPassword: {SSHA}Q7B+QFu2iRXxH8Ys8bfW/i3O0HrjSKfwbZHn4A==
>
Have you tried it without the quotes in the here document? I think the
quotes may be interpreted literally in here documents. e.g.
userpassword: $PASSWD
> In the script I also tried
PASSWD=123.com , still the same , unable to
> login.
>
> Any helpers to why above script assigns the password but unable to
> login and what should I do so am able to login.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
> Dharmin
>
>
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