[Samba] Samba PDC, OpenLDAP, and passwd chat
Adam Tauno Williams
adamtaunowilliams at gmail.com
Wed Apr 2 19:37:01 GMT 2008
> "Your password must be at least 5 characters, cannot
> repeat any of your previous 0 passwords and must be at least 0 days
> old. Please type a different password. Type a password that meets
> these requirements in both text boxes."
> ...instead of the requirements set forth in OpenLDAP (minimum 6 chars,
> can't use previous 6 passwords, etc) as demonstrated below is an issue.
> Where is it pulling these requirements from,
The message comes from the security policy set on Samba via the pdbedit
command. Setting a security policy via pdbedit is covered in the
pdbedit man page.
> and how can I get it to
> relay messages from OpenLDAP (e.g., the 'password fails quality
> checking' message) back to the user?
You can't. Yes, this epically sucks.
I'd be *thrilled* to know if you come up with any universal way to
enforce password strength & re-use rules. Currently I know of only one
- Active Directory. :(
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Adam Tauno Williams, Network & Systems Administrator
Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com
Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org
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