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  1. Bug #82853
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 82853

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Erik Forsberg (forsberg) wrote :

Quoting Steve Langasek:

>I would note that the original rationale for this bug report, password synchronization between pam and samba passwords, is incorrect.
>There are other, more general means of keeping passwords synchronized between Unix, LDAP, Samba, etc. databases using PAM
>itself which don't require any overlays on the LDAP side.

That was new information to me - could you point to a HOWTO or similar?

>This wouldn't meet the needs of arbitrary LDAP clients effecting password changes,

Indeed. By using smbk5pwd, doing a password change will work using any LDAP tool, as long as the tool is doing an EXOP for the password change.