Ubuntu
libpam-ldap package

Can't change password

Bug #710610 reported by Thomas Schweikle on 2011-01-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #329067: Cannot change password on ldap client, need to have 'try_authtok' in the pam config or libpam-cracklib installed. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	libpam-ldap (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: libpam-ldap

~$ passwd
Changing password for user:
(current) UNIX password:
Password:
Password unchanged
Password:
Password unchanged
Password:
Password unchanged
passwd: Have exhausted maximum number of retries for service
passwd: password unchanged

I can't change any users password, but authentication works against ldap or /etc/passwd.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libpam-ldap 184-8.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-server 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 31 12:53:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libpam-ldap

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Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote on 2011-01-31:

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2011-02-03:

I believe this is a duplicate of bug 329067, and will mark it as such.
My reading of bug 329067 is that you should be able to replace 'use_authtok' with 'try_authtok'.

Please try that, read the other bug, and if you believe you have a different issue, please un-dupe this bug.