Apache Directory Project - Question about changing admin password

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Question about changing admin password

John Gordon

2005-06-30, 5:45 pm

I am new to LDAP and am attempting to change the admin password away from it's default of secret. I tried ldappasswd but was unsuccessful. The server gave me a stack trace saying it has not been implemented yet. How should I go about changing it? I appreciate any help on the subject or a link in the right direction to read a helpful manual.

Thanks,

John Gordon

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Alex Karasulu

2005-06-30, 5:45 pm

John Gordon wrote:

> I am new to LDAP and am attempting to change the admin password away
> from it's default of secret. I tried ldappasswd but was
> unsuccessful. The server gave me a stack trace saying it has not been
> implemented yet. How should I go about changing it? I appreciate any
> help on the subject or a link in the right direction to read a helpful
> manual.

Technically all you have to do is an LDAP Modify operation on the
uid=admin,ou=system entry as admin. You can do this with the
commandline LDAP tools that come with OpenLDAP or our own LDAP clients.
You can also do this using an LDAP browser like JXPlorer.

Hope this helps,
Alex