Re: password history question

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On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 21:32 +0100, Jo De Troy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using FDS   1.0.1 on  RHEL 4 
> I've setup a global password policy and I've enabled password history
> of 5 passwords via the console.
> When I login through ssh with and LDAP user and I change the user's
> password via 'passwd' it seems I am able to use older password. Can
> anybody point me to what I'm probably doing wrong? Has anyone
> experienced the same problem? What am I doing wrong?
> Or does the password history not work when changing the password
> through passwd?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jo

If the client is a Linux box, make sure you have this set
in /etc/ldap.conf:

pam_password clear

Otherwise what is being passed to the directory server is the hashed
password, and the password history comparison will not find a match.
The DS will take the clear password, and encrypt it with matching
salts/method to see if the new password matches what's in the history.

You will also want to enable LDAPS or SSL/TLS so your passwords are not
going across the wire in the clear.

Hope this helps,


Jamie

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