[Techtalk] ldap passwords

[Nick Celebic]

It depends what kind of front end to LDAP you're using.  You can copy
the encrypted password, and replace it later when you are done.  Some
front ends make this easier than others.  

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:48:22 -0700
Maria McKinley <maria at shadlen.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I had something go horribly wrong with a users vacation reply (setup 
> with websieve through squirrelmail). Basically it went through every 
> email in her entire mailbox (not just her inbox, we're talking
> thousands and thousands of emails), and replied to each message as if
> she were just receiving it, with a vacation notice. I was trying to
> fix it as it was happening, but couldn't figure out how to stop it.
> What I realize now I should have done was change her ldap password,
> and log into squirrelmail filtering and changed her vacation settings
> (and see what the heck they were set to), but I would want a way to
> switch back her password after I was done. Is there any way to
> temporarily change someone's ldap password?
> 
> thanks,
> maria
> _______________________________________________
> Techtalk mailing list
> Techtalk at linuxchix.org
> http://linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
> 


-- 
Nick Celebic
Systems Administrator
KELCOM Internet
nick at kelcom.net


-- 
Nick Celebic
Systems Administrator
KELCOM Internet
519-250-5020 x2804
nick at kelcom.net