[Systems] Change LDAP password

[Chihurumnaya Ibiam]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 at 10:19 PM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 02:30:03PM +0100, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:46 PM James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >     What is your username?
> >
> > My username is ibiamchihurumnaya
>
> Thanks.
>
> >     I've checked and there are no errors logged by the script in
> >     /var/log/apache2/[2]ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >
> >     I've checked and can see POSTs in the access log, some of which will
> >     be yours.
> >
> >     I've looked at the script and the "Wrong username or password" will
> >     happen if the ldap_bind call fails for any reason.
> >
> >     So I propose to check your username is correct using ldapvi, but
> >     beyond that I don't have any ideas.  Bernie?
> >
> > How do i check with ldapvi?
>
> I have to become root, run ldapvi, search for username.
>
> I've done this, and confirm your username is correct.
>
> Beyond that I'm not willing to go without some others in the sunjammer
> admin or adm group giving advice or consensus; because I don't have
> the LDAP RootDN password and so I'd have to change it [1] then convey
> it to the others securely.
>
> Ibiam, are you changing your password because of expiry?

Yes

> Would you
> like to try changing it in the shell?  I don't know if it works.

I'll try that.

>
>
> Reference:
>
> 1.
>
> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-change-account-passwords-on-an-openldap-server#changing-the-rootdn-password
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
>
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Ibiam Chihurumnaya
ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
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