On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 21:30 +0530, Amish Munshi wrote: > On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 11:10 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 20:27 +0530, Amish Munshi wrote: > > If there's really no way to change an AD password from the Linux > > desktop, the mailer seems like the wrong place to put it. Wouldn't this > > change the users password for the entire directory? Seems like this > > should live in the top level System->Administration (or maybe > > Preferences) menu. > > I completely agree with Lee, but this feature is pretty difficult to > implement in NLD since we dont know if the machine is authenticating to > AD. Currently we are forced to sell a very expensive solution to the > client. > The client needs to authenticate to eDirectory and then eDirectory > syncronizes with AD. Ofcourse we get our to eat our meals twice a day > due to this solution. > > But the feature to change exchange password is still attractive since > exchange may not always authenticate to AD. Exchange can have its own > user store. I would suggest adding a change exchange password option in > evolution (not sure if this is possible).
According to google it can be done with a combination of standard ldapmodify/ldapadd and kpasswd. But I could not find any definitive evidence that it works. Lee _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
