Re: Using LDAP as a replacement for NIS/NIS+

[Peter Armstrong <armstrong@exoffice.com>]

> 1. How do I configure my slapd.conf so that users can change their own
> passwords, GECOS fields, etc., without allowing them to do so for
> everybody else on the system.  The examples given in all of the
> documentation i have read don't seem to work.  I get an error such as:
> 
> $ ldappasswd -E uid=<username>
> Enter password:
> Re-enter new password:
> ldap_modify: Insufficient access

For passwords try:

access to attr=userpassword
        by self write
        by * none

Cheers,
Peter