[Bug 774580] Re: passwd -e does not work for LDAP users

[ddouthitt]

This bug remains. Is it possible that the password aging sequence is not
using PAM?

# passwd -e foo
passwd: user 'foo' does not exist in /etc/passwd
# passwd foo
Password: 
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Retype new password: 
LDAP password information changed for snagoor
passwd: password updated successfully
# cat /etc/*ease
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS"
# dpkg -l | grep -E "(passwd|pam|debian|libsel|libc6)"
ii  auth-client-config                  0.9                                                   pam and NSS profile switcher
ii  base-passwd                         3.5.22                                                Debian base system master password and group files
ii  debianutils                         3.2.2                                                 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii  libc6                               2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8                                     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libc6-i686                          2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8                                     GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimized]
ii  libpam-cracklib                     1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4                                      PAM module to enable cracklib support
ii  libpam-ldap                         184-8.2ubuntu1                                        Pluggable Authentication Module for LDAP
ii  libpam-modules                      1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4                                      Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
ii  libpam-runtime                      1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4                                      Runtime support for the PAM library
ii  libpam0g                            1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4                                      Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl       1.1.1-2ubuntu2                                        parse Debian changelogs and output them in other formats
ii  libparted0debian1                   2.2-5ubuntu5.2                                        The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared library
ii  libselinux1                         2.0.89-4                                              SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  odbcinst1debian1                    2.2.11-21                                             Support library for accessing odbc ini files
ii  passwd                              1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu2.2                                  change and administer password and group data

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774580

Title:
  passwd -e does not work for LDAP users

Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
   I am trying to set the password of a LDAP user as expired using option -e of command passwd.
   However, I get the following message:
  #passwd -e testldap
  passwd: user 'testldap' does not exist in /etc/passwd

   However, command 
  #passwd testldap
   works flawlessly, so the user is found in the LDAP database (and indeed can login).
   
   BTW, the following command also gives the same problem:
  chage -d 0 testldap

   I am using Lucid with the following package versions:
  ii  passwd                           1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu2.2
  ii  libpam0g                         1.1.1-2ubuntu5
  ii  libpam-modules                   1.1.1-2ubuntu5
  ii  debianutils                      3.2.2
  ii  libselinux1                      2.0.89-4
  ii  libc6                            2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8

   Regards

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/774580/+subscriptions