The issue was being caused by the pam module on the linux systems. Not sure
why I have to modify pam module to allow similar paswords when changing
ldap passwords.


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Mark Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 05/28/2014 04:21 PM, John Trump wrote:
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> Not using any other client app. User logged on to a linux system and
> trying to change password. If they choose a password to similar to the old
> one it will not allow it.
>
> How are you changing the password, are you using ldapmodify?  Can you post
> access log(/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-INSTANCE/access) output showing the failed
> password attempt?
>
>
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> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Mark Reynolds <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> On 05/28/2014 04:06 PM, John Trump wrote:
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>> Haven't been able to come up with a solution yet. Hopefully someone on
>> the list has a suggestion.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:42 PM, John Trump <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> I would like to relax the password policy for specific users to allow
>>> them to modify passwords but use similar password to their old one. These
>>> are "group" accounts and would like to allow password to be set to:
>>> password01 then allow password to be changed to password02. Currently this
>>> is not allowed. I understand security risk etc in allowing this. I do want
>>> to keep other password complexity and history settings.
>>>
>>>  Suggestions?
>>>
>>    I'm not aware of a setting in 389 that prohibits you from using
>> secret01, then secret02, and then secret03, etc.  These should all be
>> allowed.  Are you using some other client app(freeIPA?) to make these
>> password updates?
>>
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