Some details I neglected to mention:
- Whether pam_encryptfs is installed/configured has no effect.
- My /etc/nsswitch.conf file is almost identical:
passwd: files ldap
group: files ldap
shadow: files ldap
+gshadow:files
hosts: files dns
networks:
After spending some hours trying to find the cause from my ldap
configuration, I'm happy to tell you this problem still exists in Debian
7.8 with the default configuration (generated by pam-auth-update):
/etc/pam.d/common-password:
password[success=2 default=ignore] pam_unix.so
Hi there!
While investigating this problem I have found a solution in a German
Ubuntu forum, see
http://www.ubuntu-forum.de/artikel/43212/ldap-userpasswort-per-passwd-ändern.html.
They suggest to install libpam-cracklib
apt-get libpam-cracklib
and it worked for me, too. libpam-cracklib is not a
Package: libpam-ldap
Version: 184-8.4
Severity: normal
Hello,
after installing the package it's not possible to change the password
stored on the LDAP server:
$ passwd
Enter login(LDAP) password:
passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered
passwd: password unchanged
syslog reports:
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