[Systems] Reset Expired LDAP Password

Chihurumnaya Ibiam ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 11:26:25 EST 2019


It's not working for me and I've also tried running

ldappasswd -H ldap://127.0.0.1 -x -D
"uid=ibiamchihurumnaya,ou=People,dc=sugarlabs,dc=org" -W -A -S

after entering the necessary fields I get this error,

ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49).

I'm sure of both passwords.

-- 

Ibiam Chihurumnaya
ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com



On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:57 PM Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

> For the record, my shell account on sunjammer expired today. I went to
> the web form (https://ldap.sugarlabs.org/passwd) and I was able to
> change my password normally.
>
> If it's not working for other users, they might be doing something
> differently, or their accounts are not setup the same way as mine.
>
> On 29/09/2018 01.01, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> > Sorry for jumping into after the end of the show...
> >
> > Yes, ldap has always been hellish to configure and admin. We used it
> early on, when we wanted to share accounts across our servers. But now
> sunjammer is the only server left with ldap, and we could get rid of it if
> someone writes a script to migrate the users.
> >
> >
> > On September 28, 2018 12:42:01 AM UTC, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >> Ibiam has shell access to sunjammer again following my change to
> >> password and expiry period.
> >>
> >> Ibiam, please;
> >>
> >> - try using sunjammer shell ldappasswd to change your password,
> >>
> >> - try using ldap.sugarlabs.org to change your password,
> >>
> >> Let us know the results.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 03:19:56PM +0100, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote:
> >>> Hi James,
> >>>
> >>> I get this error "Wrong username or password."
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Ibiam Chihurumnaya
> >>> [1]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 6:39 AM James Cameron <[2]quozl at laptop.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      Bernie, can I change the RootDN password?
> >>>
> >>>      Ibiam, what does [3]ldap.sugarlabs.org show you when you try to
> >> change
> >>>      your password?
> >>>
> >>>      --
> >>>
> >>>      Ibiam sent me his password, and it didn't work for me;
> >>>
> >>>      sunjammer:~# ldappasswd -H ldap://[4]127.0.0.1 -x -D "uid=
> >>>      ibiamchihurumnaya,ou=People,dc=sugarlabs,dc=org" -W -A -S
> >>>      Old password:
> >>>      Re-enter old password:
> >>>      New password:
> >>>      Re-enter new password:
> >>>      Enter LDAP Password:
> >>>      ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
> >>>      49!sunjammer:~#
> >>>
> >>>      On [5]https://ldap.sugarlabs.org/passwd the response was "Wrong
> >> username
> >>>      or password.", which means @ldap_bind failed twice.
> >>>
> >>>      On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:32:53AM +1000, James Cameron wrote:
> >>>      > Ibiam and I talked about this problem after the meeting today.
> >>>      >
> >>>      > Our plan is for Ibiam to send me the password using GnuPG, and
> >> I'll
> >>>      > try ldappasswd after su.
> >>>      >
> >>>      > Logs from sunjammer from this event;
> >>>      > [6]http://dev.laptop.org/~quozl/z/1g4wNM.txt
> >>>      >
> >>>      > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 02:44:26PM +0100, Chihurumnaya Ibiam
> >> wrote:
> >>>      > > James no error from "ssh -v", it only shows connection was
> >> established
> >>>      > > and a warning that my password is expired and i should change
> >> it but
> >>>      > > typing my password only throws an incorrect password error.
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > > --
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > > Ibiam Chihurumnaya
> >>>      > > [1][7]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 11:04 AM James Cameron
> >> <[2][8]quozl at laptop.org>
> >>>      wrote:
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     Changing my password using [3][9]ldap.sugarlabs.org
> >> failed with;
> >>>      "Can't
> >>>      > >     modify LDAP information."
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     Changing my password using ldappasswd from sunjammer
> >> shell prompt
> >>>      > >     seemed to work;
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     quozl at sunjammer:~$ ldappasswd -H ldap://[4]127.0.0.1 -x
> >> -D "uid=
> >>>      quozl,ou=
> >>>      > >     People,dc=sugarlabs,dc=org" -W -A -S
> >>>      > >     Old password: <oldpassword>
> >>>      > >     Re-enter old password: <oldpassword>
> >>>      > >     New password: <newpassword>
> >>>      > >     Re-enter new password: <newpassword>
> >>>      > >     Enter LDAP Password: <oldpassword>
> >>>      > >     quozl at sunjammer:~$
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     However shadowLastChange for me hasn't moved, so I'm not
> >> sure if it
> >>>      > >     really worked.  Password authentication isn't enabled for
> >> SSH
> >>>      anyway.
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     Checking Ibiam's entry using ldapsearch;
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     $ ldapsearch -x -LLL uid=ibiamchihurumnaya
> >>>      > >     dn: uid=ibiamchihurumnaya,ou=People,dc=sugarlabs,dc=org
> >>>      > >     uid: ibiamchihurumnaya
> >>>      > >     cn: Chihurumnaya Ibiam
> >>>      > >     sn: Ibiam
> >>>      > >     objectClass: person
> >>>      > >     objectClass: organizationalPerson
> >>>      > >     objectClass: inetOrgPerson
> >>>      > >     objectClass: posixAccount
> >>>      > >     objectClass: top
> >>>      > >     objectClass: shadowAccount
> >>>      > >     shadowMax: 365
> >>>      > >     shadowWarning: 14
> >>>      > >     uidNumber: 837
> >>>      > >     gidNumber: 837
> >>>      > >     homeDirectory: /home/ibiamchihurumnaya
> >>>      > >     gecos: Chihurumnaya Ibiam
> >>>      > >     displayName: Chihurumnaya Ibiam
> >>>      > >     givenName: Chihurumnaya
> >>>      > >     loginShell: /bin/bash
> >>>      > >     mail: [5][10]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > >     shadowLastChange: 17407 (29th August 2017)
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     Current date is beyond shadowLastChange plus shadowMax
> >> plus
> >>>      > >     shadowWarning, so the account is probably inactive and
> >> disabled.
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     Ibiam, is there some indication you have received to
> >> confirm that,
> >>>      > >     e.g. an "ssh -v" error?
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     I've tried changing Ibiam's password as root, but it
> >> prompts me for
> >>>      > >     Ibiam's old password, which I don't know.
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     sunjammer:~# ldappasswd -H ldap://[6]127.0.0.1 -x -D
> >> "uid=
> >>>      > >     ibiamchihurumnaya,ou=People,dc=sugarlabs,dc=org" -W -A -S
> >>>      > >     Old password:
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     I've found a procedure for changing the RootDN password
> >> for
> >>>      OpenLDAP,
> >>>      > >     but if I did that I'd need a secure way to communicate it
> >> to other
> >>>      > >     system administrators.  It also looks hacky and prone to
> >> error, so
> >>>      I'm
> >>>      > >     not sure the procedure is correct.
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     [7][11]https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/
> >>>      > >     how-to-change-account-passwords-on-an-openldap-server
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 02:35:07PM +0100, Chihurumnaya
> >> Ibiam wrote:
> >>>      > >     > Hi all,
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > I recently complained about my sunjammer account as I
> >> haven't
> >>>      been able
> >>>      > >     to
> >>>      > >     > login because my password is expired and using
> >> [1][8][12]
> >>>      ldap.sugarlabs.org I
> >>>      > >     couldn't
> >>>      > >     > reset my password, and I've not been able to send
> >> emails from my
> >>>      @[2]
> >>>      > >     > [9][13]sugarlabs.org address and my emails to the lists
> >> I'm
> >>>      subscribed to at
> >>>      > >     [3]
> >>>      > >     > [10][14]lists.sugarlabs.org gets bounced.
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > Bernie asked for my gpg key and I gave it to him and I
> >> haven't
> >>>      had a
> >>>      > >     reply
> >>>      > >     > since then, I've attached my gpg key here too. Thanks.
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > --
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > Ibiam Chihurumnaya
> >>>      > >     > [4][11][15]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > References:
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     > [1] [12][16]http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > >     > [2] [13][17]http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > >     > [3] [14][18]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > >     > [4] mailto:[15][19]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> >>>      > >     >
> >>>      > >     >
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> >>>      > >     > JSeiVJ+oqNs=
> >>>      > >     > =lcIl
> >>>      > >     > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > >     --
> >>>      > >     James Cameron
> >>>      > >     [16][20]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > > References:
> >>>      > >
> >>>      > > [1] mailto:[21]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > > [2] mailto:[22]quozl at laptop.org
> >>>      > > [3] [23]http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [4] [24]http://127.0.0.1/
> >>>      > > [5] mailto:[25]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > > [6] [26]http://127.0.0.1/
> >>>      > > [7] [27]https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/
> >>>      how-to-change-account-passwords-on-an-openldap-server
> >>>      > > [8] [28]http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [9] [29]http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [10] [30]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [11] mailto:[31]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > > [12] [32]http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [13] [33]http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [14] [34]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>>      > > [15] mailto:[35]ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>>      > > [16] [36]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>>      >
> >>>      > > _______________________________________________
> >>>      > > Systems mailing list
> >>>      > > [37]Systems at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >>>      > > [38]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems
> >>>      >
> >>>      >
> >>>      > --
> >>>      > James Cameron
> >>>      > [39]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>>
> >>>      --
> >>>      James Cameron
> >>>      [40]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>>
> >>> References:
> >>>
> >>> [1] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [2] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> >>> [3] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [4] http://127.0.0.1/
> >>> [5] https://ldap.sugarlabs.org/passwd
> >>> [6] http://dev.laptop.org/~quozl/z/1g4wNM.txt
> >>> [7] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [8] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> >>> [9] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [10] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [11] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/
> >>> [12] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [13] http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [14] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [15] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [16] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [17] http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [18] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [19] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [20] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>> [21] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [22] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> >>> [23] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [24] http://127.0.0.1/
> >>> [25] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [26] http://127.0.0.1/
> >>> [27]
> >>
> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-change-account-passwords-on-an-openldap-server
> >>> [28] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [29] http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [30] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [31] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [32] http://ldap.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [33] http://sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [34] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> >>> [35] mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
> >>> [36] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>> [37] mailto:Systems at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >>> [38] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems
> >>> [39] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>> [40] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >>
> >> --
> >> James Cameron
> >> http://quozl.netrek.org/
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Systems mailing list
> >> Systems at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems
> >
>
>
> --
> _ // Bernie Innocenti
>   \X/  https://codewiz.org/
>
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