How to change the password of a LDAP entry as LDAP administrator
Guruprasad
lgp171188 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 15 10:51:25 CET 2009
Guruprasad wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am new to this Python-LDAP API and am currently learning and working
> on it. I, the LDAP admin, want to set the password of a LDAP user after
> binding as the admin user. I came across passwd_s() method which can be
> used to change the user password, but requires the old password too. As
> an admin, I should be able to reset the LDAP passwords of users whose
> current passwords I do not know. Is there a way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Guruprasad
I figured it out. When I bind as LDAP admin and want to change the
password of another DN, I just have to give oldpasswd=None. For example:
ldapobj.passwd_s("DN to delete",None,"newpassword")
Thank you.
Regards,
Guruprasad
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