(shame!)
Bastian, you are right! One should never do a "quick hack" to existing scripts: In the original version the MAANGER was specified without the common CONTEXT, so the script used -D "$MANAGER","$CONTEXT". The DN however was including the CONTEXT (maybe to shorten the script line that uses it). When using MANAGER="$DN" I got a MANAGER that includes the CONTEXT already. The idea was "use the user name as manager, so the user will change its own password". The idea was correct, but "MANAGER=$DN was not. 8-(
Kind regards, Ulrich Windl
-----Original Message----- From: btwe@eva05.jsc.fz-juelich.de btwe@eva05.jsc.fz-juelich.de On Behalf Of Bastian Tweddell Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 8:58 AM To: Windl, Ulrich u.windl@ukr.de Subject: [EXT] Re: Re: Understanding ldappasswd: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
Hi Ulrich,
Given that ldappasswd basically works, maybe check your variables. I think you append `$CONTEXT` two times:
On 22Aug25 06:43+0000, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
CONTEXT='dc=...' if [ -n "$1" ]; then DN="uid=${1},ou=people,$CONTEXT"
=> DN="uid=username_from_arg1,ou=people,dc=..." ^^^^^^
MANAGER="$DN"=> MANAGER="uid=username_from_arg1,ou=people,dc=..." ^^^^^^
echo "$MANAGER changing password for $DN" ldappasswd -H "$SERVER" -x -ZZ -D "$MANAGER","$CONTEXT" -W${2:+-S
=> -D "uid=username_from_arg1,ou=people,dc=...","dc=..." ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
This would be wrong, wouldn't it?
In general, think about using `set -euo pipefail` in bash scripts, and in this case also use `set -x`. So you could spot that easily. Also ldap cmdline tools usually take `-d -1` to print all debug info, but you know that.
Das hätte ich wohl auch auf Deutsch schreiben können :) Ich habs nicht an die Liste geschickt.
Viele Grüße,
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