Re: Change password as root

[Arthur de Jong <arthur [at] arthurdejong.org>]

On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 22:22 +0400, Alexander V. Chernikov wrote:
> Arthur de Jong wrote:
> > Attached is a patch (against SVN r1135) that implements a rootpwmodpw
> > option for nslcd. With this it is possible for root to change another
> > user's password without a prompt for the LDAP administrator password.
>
> nslcd(8) should die if nslcd.conf contains rootpwmodpw and file is
> world-readable.

Good point. I will implement this. It is probably also a good check for
the bindpw option in general. Thanks.

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