[389-users] Re: "Directory Manager" can't change user's password; result is an inaccessible account.

Hi Noriko,

thanks for the quick response.

On 9/23/16 3:37 PM, Noriko Hosoi wrote:
> On 09/23/2016 02:24 PM, Janet Houser wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm fairly new to 389-ds and I ran into an issue when trying to
>> update a user's password via the command line.
>>
>> I was able to change a password "as" the user via the command line
>> using the following syntax without issue:
>>
>> ldappasswd -h my389dsserver.domain.edu -p 389 -ZZ -D
>> "uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu" -w current_user_passwd -s
>> new_user_passwd "uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu"
>>
>> However, when I tried doing the same thing as the Directory Manager,
>> it changes the password hash, but it doesn't update the password. In
>> fact, after
>> issuing the following command (see below), both the old and new
>> passwords don't work:
>>
>>
>> ldappasswd -h my389dsserver.domain.edu -p 389 -ZZ -D "cn=Directory
>> Manager" -w directorymanager_passwd -s new_user_passwd
>> "uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu"
> Do you see any error messages in /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-INSTANCE/errors?

No errors reported in /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-INSTANCE/errors when I run
the ldappasswd command with "cn=Directory Manager".
>
> What does this access log file log for the operation?
> /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-INSTANCE/access

[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 fd=125 slot=125 connection from
XXX.X.XX.10 to XXX.XX.XXX.4
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=0 EXT
oid="1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.20037" name="startTLS"
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=120
nentries=0 etime=0
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 TLS1.2 256-bit AES
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=1 BIND dn="cn=Directory
Manager" method=128 version=3
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=1 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn="cn=directory manager"
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=2 EXT
oid="1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1" name="passwd_modify_extop"
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=2 RESULT err=0 tag=120
nentries=0 etime=0
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=3 UNBIND
[23/Sep/2016:15:54:44 -0600] conn=27891 op=3 fd=125 closed - U1

>
> What happens if you run this command line?
> $ ldapmodify -h my389dsserver.domain.edu -p 389 -ZZ -D "cn=Directory
> Manager" -w directorymanager_passwd << EOF
> dn: uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu
> changetype: modify
> replace: userPassword
> userPassword: new_user_passwd
> EOF
>
> Is the user's password is set to new_user_passwd?

No, the password fails to be set, and both passwords, old and new, are
now invalid. The output is:

----- keystrokes of issued command ----
# ldapmodify -h my389dsserver.domain.edu -p 389 -ZZ -D "cn=Directory
Manager" -w directorymanager_passwd << EOF
> dn: uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu
> changetype: modify
> replace: userPassword
> userPassword: 123abc!@garbage
> EOF
modifying entry "uid=jdoe,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=edu"
--- end of output ---

I'm puzzled. So, it "acts" like it changes the password by telling me
it is "modifying the entry", but it inserts something into the password
because the old password and the new password don't work.

Thanks for your help on this....
>
>> I found the following page,
>> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/docs/389ds/design/password-administrator.html,
>> but being fairly
>> new to 389-ds I wasn't sure how to create/define/add the ability to
>> be a password administrator to an account.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> /jh
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