sorry thats not possible. If you are using Kerberos then you can do it via the kadmin command. If not then you have to use one of several other tools like the admin console or ldapmodify for example. On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Chaudhari, Rohit K. <Rohit.Chaudhari@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I need to be able to reset a LDAP user's password if they forget it with the > user root. But when I try the "passwd" command as root for a LDAP user, I > get the following: > > (as root) > passwd tuser > Changing password for user tuser. > Password reset by root is not supported. > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error. > > I am using sssd as the LDAP authentication mechanism tool, to be specific. > Does anyone have a solution to dealing with this issue of resetting a LDAP > user's password if they forgot it? > > Thanks, > > Rohit > > From: <Chaudhari>, "Rohit K. Chaudhari" <rohit.chaudhari@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:29 PM > To: "General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project." > <389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: using passwd with 389 > > Hello, > > I want to be able to use the Unix "passwd" command to reset a LDAP user's > password from the command line. However, I keep getting an authentication > token manipulation error whenever I try to reset the password using that > command. What do I need to do in the 389 DS or on Unix in order to get this > command to work? > > Thanks, > > Rohit > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
