Re: "passwd" by root for user fails with sssd,pam, ldap [SOLVED]

2013-07-23 Thread Augustin Wolf
On 23 July 2013 16:39, Stephen Gallagher wrote: >> That means that either you need the admin's DN and plain-text >> password in a file (like the older PAM LDAP does) or you need the >> user to enter their own password (like both sssd and PAM LDAP do). So, unless using command "passwd", will prompt

Re: "passwd" by root for user fails with sssd,pam, ldap

2013-07-22 Thread Augustin Wolf
On 22 July 2013 18:38, Stephen Gallagher wrote: Thanks for participating. > This is intentional behavior. SSSD is designed not to allow root on > the local system to change the passwords of the centrally-managed > users. The reason for this is that we would have to store credentials > for an LDAP

Re: add application launcher

2013-07-20 Thread Augustin Wolf
On 20 July 2013 11:41, Patrick Dupre wrote: > in Fedora 18 I was able to add an application launcher by clicking right > on the application menu or by using alacarte > This option does not work in fedora 19. Is there an alternative? what kind of Window Manager are you referring to? I'm using XLDE

Re: "passwd" by root for user fails with sssd,pam, ldap

2013-07-20 Thread Augustin Wolf
On 20 July 2013 10:52, William Brown wrote: >> For now, LDAP ACL was "turned off" - every user has manage permission, > Each user will have permission on their own ldap object they bind to, to > change their passwords. > Root may not be able to bind to ldap, or roots object doesn't have the acl t

"passwd" by root for user fails with sssd,pam, ldap

2013-07-20 Thread Augustin Wolf
Hi list, I have a user management in LDAP, as it works fine for user (can login, do `passwd` to change his password, etc.) But, root cannot change users password otherwise as via ldapmodify. Is it normal behavior, or do I have some configuration errors? For now, LDAP ACL was "turned off" - every us