I have been attempting to use the ppolicy overlay on an openldap server running
on a Red Hat V5.4 platform with the following components:
openldap-servers-2.3.43-3.el5
checkpassword-ldap-0.01-1.2.el5.rf
mozldap-6.0.5-1.el5
openldap-2.3.43-3.el5
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-3.el5
nss_ldap-253-22.el5_4
openldap-clients-2.3.43-3.el5
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-3.el5
I was unable to get the users password to expire by simply setting a value for
pwdMaxAge without the use of the pwdReset parameter.
I finally turned on all debugging in the slapd.conf file (value -1) and noticed that
the value of pwdGraceAuthNLimit in the default policy, was set to 3, which allowed
the ldap user access without changing the password.
The disturbing thing about this was the fact that the user is not notifed that their
password has expired. I would have thought that if the intent was to allow an
expired password, then the user should be notified of not only the fact that their
password has expired but how many more grace logins they would be allowed
before either having to change the password or having the account disabled.
Is this really what development had intended or are there some enhancements
to this behavior in a later version ?
Thanks,
Al Licause
HP Services
Unix Network Team
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