Thank you for the response. This should help.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 5:09 AM, German Parente <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> unfortunately, Directory Manager cannot bypass password policy.
>
> It could drive to inconsistencies if a new password matches one of the
> passwords kept in history.
>
> Eventually, a workaround would be just to reset passwordhistory of a
> certain user like this:
>
>
> ldapmodify -ZZZ -D "cn=directory manager" -w <password> -h localhost
> dn: uid=test01,ou=People,dc=**,dc=**,dc=**
> changetype: modify
> delete: passwordHistory
>
> This has been described, for instance, in:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/791773
>
>
> regards,
>
> German.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Trump" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:10:39 PM
> > Subject: [389-users] Allow Directory Manager to bypass Password Policy
> >
> > Is it possible to allow the Directory Manager to bypass the password
> policy
> > when resetting user passwords? I want to be able to set a users password
> to
> > a default password. Currently if this password is in the users password
> > history I can not reuse the password.
> >
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