(Insufficient 'write' privileges to the 'userPassword') when executing passwd change
As mentioned, I zeroed out the access log, executed one operation, and saw nothing but srch and result and bind operations in the access log.Â* I don’t find a modify or a write warning, and the error log is empty.
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From: Rich Megginson [mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:44 PM
To: General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project.
Cc: Beamon, John
Subject: Re: [389-users] (Insufficient 'write' privileges to the 'userPassword') when executing passwd change
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On 02/18/2011 11:18 AM, Beamon, John wrote:
This is a new install, straight from the docs with 4 boxes in an MMR setup.Â* Attempting a password change from a Linux command line, I get this feedback.Â*Â*$ passwdChanging password for user jbeamon.Enter login(LDAP) password:New UNIX password:Retype new UNIX password:LDAP password information update failed: Insufficient accessInsufficient 'write' privilege to the 'userPassword' attribute of entry 'uid=jbeamon,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com'.Â*passwd : Permission deniedÂ*Â*I zeroed out the access and error logs in advance.Â* The error log was empty; the access log was nothing but SRCH, BIND, and RESULT entries for my account.Â* Nothing about access problems or attempted modifies.Â*A web search for this error message revealed one conversation in Jan 2009 that ended with "I fixed my aci and the problem went away".Â* I haven't knowingly changed any acis since install.Â* At the global level, user may change password.Â* At the userRoot suffix level, user can change password and fine-grained policy is enabled.Â* A password reset by directory manager succeeds and replicates around.Â* Does anyone else recognize this?Look for this sequence of operations in your directory server access log.
(Insufficient 'write' privileges to the 'userPassword') when executing passwd change
