LDAP - Password Policy

Hello all,

I’m configuring LDAP on my network server. I’m running openSuse 12.1. I have a problem that the user configuration module has default password settings, which are causing me trouble. I try to type in a 8 character password, with letters, numbers, and special characters. At first, it warned me that the password was truncated to six characters. This was due to a character limit in the user configuration module of ldap.

Yast -> Ldap Client -> Advanced Settings -> Administrative settings -> Configure user management -> User management module.

In there, I find a variable that I can change to increase the character limit for my password to a larger number like 36. I close and save LDAP client. However, every time it still truncates my password to 6 characters. And I never yet authenticate. Every time I try to login as an LDAP user, the password doesn’t match, despite typing in the same password through YAST user management only a minute ago.

Anyone have any suggestions how to successfully increase the character limit, and get LDAP to recognize the correct password?

Thanks.

Anyone have any advise on this? Any similar problems? Any links to helpful guides about LDAP and password policies?

On 2012-06-13 15:16, nickninevah wrote:
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> Anyone have any advise on this? Any similar problems? Any links to
> helpful guides about LDAP and password policies?

Sorry, I don’t use ldap. You might try the mailing list, I know that there
are some people there that do use ldap in production settings.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

On 06/13/2012 03:16 PM, nickninevah wrote:
> Any links to helpful guides about LDAP and password policies?

Google’s “site specifier” capability might be useful to you…for example:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:doc.opensuse.org+LDAP turns up
“Chapter 4. LDAP—A Directory Service” as the first hit of 486 in the
official documentation…

and this one turns up 253 hits in the forums, specific to 12.1:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:forums.opensuse.org+LDAP+“12.1”

the Wiki’s first hit (of 72) is “SDB:LDAP server”
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:LDAP_server which appears VERY dated, but
might still be useful…
https://www.google.dk/search?q=site:en.opensuse.org+LDAP


dd

Thanks guys. That gives me something to start with.