Ondřej,

that's correct for modern systems, but older systems may deal with the shadow 
attributes only.

Kind regards,
Ulrich Windl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ondřej Kuzník <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:37 AM
> To: Windl, Ulrich <[email protected]>
> Cc: Stefan Kania <[email protected]>; openldap-
> [email protected]
> Subject: [EXT] Re: Re: changing password with otp active
> 
> On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 07:36:24AM +0000, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
> > The issue I see with ldappasswd and shadow password attributes being
> > used (in 2.4) is that after a password change the shadow attributes
> > aren't updated (causing inconsistencies between password policy and
> > shadow attributes regarding the time of password expiration). But most
> > likely it does not affect you...
> 
> Hi Ulrich,
> assuming you mean rfc2307(bis) attributes here:
> 
> With ppolicy in effect, you shouldn't need to manage the shadow
> attributes since all the ppolicy tracking can and should be done either
> in the server or by entities who understand how to process and enforce
> them.
> 
> This is why slapo-ppolicy doesn't deal with them in the first place.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Ondřej Kuzník
> Senior Software Engineer
> Symas Corporation                       http://www.symas.com
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