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Re: updates to userPassword, slap_passwd

At 12:08 PM 7/6/2006, samuel gipe wrote:
>Thanks for your help.  I have a few follow up questions:
>1) Does the server/slap_passwd generate an arbitrary password if no new
>password is given?

yes.

>2) Are the strings "id" and "new" (following "PASSMOD") indicative of the
>client sending the userIdentity and new password?

yes.

>3) If the logs don't show the serve using slap_passwd (as in those of our
>primary), what does the server use to generate a new password?

Either the client provides a new password or the server
generates one.

>Does slap_passwd pay attention to ppolicy?

I believe ppolicy applies equally to server-generated passwords
as it does to client-provided passwords.