Gordon Messmer wrote:
You normally don't need it, so I'd suggest that you use the included config tools to set up a working client configuration, and then decide whether or not you have a need for that option.
If you do that, the passwd command will not work, at least not for root.
I did that, and I can change any user's password as root, including the root user.
If I do "passwd uengborg" as root I get:
Enter login(LDAP) password: New UNIX password: Retype Unix password: LDAP password information update failed: Can't contact LDAP server
passwd: Permission denied
[root@herald ~]# passwd gordon Changing password for user gordon. Enter login(LDAP) password: New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: LDAP password information changed for gordon passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
