https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9615

Issue ID: 9615 Summary: ppolicy pwcheck module should be a configuration setting Product: OpenLDAP Version: 2.5.5 Hardware: All OS: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: --- Component: overlays Assignee: bugs@openldap.org Reporter: quanah@openldap.org Target Milestone: ---

With the current implementation, the external pwcheck module for ppolicy is dl opened every time a given password policy is checked during a password modify operation. This appears to be problematic because eventually systems start reporting:

check_password_quality: lt_dlopen failed: (ppm.so) file not found."

There's really zero reason for this functionality to be implemented this way.

Instead, an external password policy check module should be defined as a password policy config item, and then whether or not to use it remains a part of a given policy. This means the external module will only need to be opened a single time.