On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> It appears that this is an issue with the client; if I attempt change a
> users password from within fds using a password that I've already used
> for that user, I get a warning from fds indicating that it violates
> password history rule.  However, using passwd from a client allows usage
> of old passwords.

PDAL libnss_ldap has another option (present in 2.4.3 at least):
pam_lookup_policy yes

which may be what you need.

> 
> Aaron 
> 
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> Megginson
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> To: General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project.
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Password history is not being
> enforced by the directory server
> 
> Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> 
> >I'm not sure why, but for some reason the directory servers are not 
> >enforcing password history policies.  I've set the policy from within 
> >the fds console at the data level (as described in directory server 
> >documentation).
> >
> Did you set "Enable fine-grained password policy" under the
> Configuration tab -> Data node -> Passwords tab?  Because the console
> will allow you to configure the fine grained password policy under the
> Directory tab even if this is not set, but it will not take effect.
> 
> >Here is a sample ldap.conf file:
> >
> >pam_password exop
> >pam_password clear
> >pam_password md5
> >ssl start_tls
> >ssl on
> >
> >I'm running fds 1.0.1 on a redhat 4 box (actually have 2 directory 
> >servers, I've set this policy on both servers, supplier consumer 
> >replication is setup between them.
> >
> >I've verified that this is not enforced regardless if the client has 
> >ssl enabled or not.
> >
> Did you try ldapmodify from the command line to see if the problem is
> with FDS or with PAM?  e.g.
> ldapmodify -D "uid=user,ou=people,dc=company,dc=com" -w currentpassword
> dn: uid=user,ou=people,dc=company,dc=com
> changetype: modify
> replace: userPassword
> userPassword: passwordinhistory
> 
> >Please advise as this is a highly critical issue that I must get fixed 
> >in order to move this into production.  Thanks very much.
> >
> >Aaron
> >
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