[Samba] why samba-tool allows password reset against Windows DC ?

[Rowland penny]

On 24/04/16 18:32, Yosel Lazaro Vera Gonzalez wrote:
> hi everybody this is my situation
>
> Why can I change the user password using samba-tool against a windows DC but when I try to do the same
> operation using a ldap library, throws the exception "Unsupported operation" ?
> I think the problem is the authentication method, How samba -tool authenticates to the LDAP protocol?
> It's possible make this operation using another LDAP library?
>
> PD: I accomplished this operation against a DC samba but not against windows DC
>

How are you trying to change the users password with ldap ?

You need to encode the password and change it using ssl on port 636

Rowland