Update user passwords with "passwd"

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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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