[Fedora-directory-users] Update user passwords with "passwd"

Tim Hartmann hartmann at fas.harvard.edu
Sat Jan 24 02:16:43 UTC 2009


This is what I see in access from my master:

I don't see any output from error...



[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 fd=67 slot=67 SSL connection from
140.247.35.169 to 140.247.30.52
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 SSL 256-bit AES
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=0 BIND dn="" method=128 version=3
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn=""
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=1 SRCH
base="dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" scope=2
filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uidNumber=23030))" attrs="uid
userPassword uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory loginShell gecos
description objectClass"
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=1 RESULT err=0 tag=101
nentries=1 etime=0
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=2 SRCH
base="dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" scope=2
filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=foo))" attrs="uid userPassword
uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory loginShell gecos description
objectClass"
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1939 op=2 RESULT err=0 tag=101
nentries=1 etime=0
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 fd=68 slot=68 SSL connection from
140.247.35.169 to 140.247.30.52
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 SSL 256-bit AES
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 op=0 BIND dn="" method=128 version=3
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn=""
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 op=1 SRCH
base="dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" scope=2 filter="(uid=foo)" attrs=ALL
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:08 -0500] conn=1940 op=1 RESULT err=0 tag=101
nentries=1 etime=0
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:13 -0500] conn=1940 op=2 BIND
dn="uid=foo,ou=People,dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" method=128 version=3
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:13 -0500] conn=1940 op=2 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn="uid=foo,ou=people,dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu"
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:13 -0500] conn=1940 op=3 BIND dn="" method=128 version=3
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:13 -0500] conn=1940 op=3 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn=""
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:18 -0500] conn=1939 op=3 SRCH
base="dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" scope=2
filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uidNumber=23030))" attrs="uid
userPassword uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory loginShell gecos
description objectClass"
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:18 -0500] conn=1939 op=3 RESULT err=0 tag=101
nentries=1 etime=0
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:21 -0500] conn=1940 op=4 BIND
dn="uid=foo,ou=People,dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu" method=128 version=3
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:21 -0500] conn=1940 op=4 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn="uid=foo,ou=people,dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu"
[23/Jan/2009:21:12:21 -0500] conn=1940 op=5 RESULT err=50 tag=103
nentries=0 etime=0










George Holbert wrote:
> Tim Hartmann wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> So I can into yet another pot-hole in the road to LDAP bliss...
>> We have a root suffix in our directory that stores the basic Posix
>> attributes including password,  I've been able to configure my client to
>> use ldap for directory services, and authenticate against my replica's,
>> so far so good! Then I tried to change my users password .. and thats
>> where I started getting a bit hung up..
>>
>> At first I thought that it was because my replicas weren't sending the
>> update request/ referrals back to the masters. (We have two masters that
>> sit behind four consumers)
>>
>> Then I decided to change my ldap.conf files to point directly to my
>> masters.... but I still receaved the same errors "Can't contact LDAP
>> Server" , which was strange since I can do ldap searches against it all
>> day, and even bind to the servers to do searches! and Insufficient write
>> privileges, which made me think that maybe it was an ACI.. but I have
>> selfwrite enabled for the userPassword attribute...
>>
>> Here's the output of my failed attempt to change my user's password
>> after logging in successfully to the server..
>>
>> Changing password for user foo.
>> Enter login(LDAP) password:
>> New UNIX password:
>> Retype new UNIX password:
>> LDAP password information update failed: Can't contact LDAP server
>> Insufficient 'write' privilege to the 'userPassword' attribute of entry
>> 'uid=foo,ou=people,dc=dept,dc=school,dc=edu'.
>>
>> passwd: Permission denied
>>
>>   
> What do your LDAP server access and error logs show at the time of the
> attempted password change?
>
>
>> If anyone has any thought I'd be grateful! I'm pretty perplexed!
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
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