Re: Password modify

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:10:46AM -0600, Robert Threet wrote:
> I have a working Net::LDAP::Entry program for adding users so I decided
> to gut it to create a userPassword changer.
> 
> I keep getting "Error changing password: no objectClass attribute".
> 
> I cannot find examples doing simple one-at-a-time adds like this.  All I
> can find are examples using arrays and hashes and cannot seem to
> translate it to this.  Any tips?
> 
>         my $macEntry = Net::LDAP::Entry->new;
>         $newdn="uid=" . $username . ",cn=people,dc=lib-mac,dc=local";
>         $macEntry->dn($newdn);
> 	# added sha1 hashing
>         $salt=XX;
>         $ctx = Digest::SHA1->new;
>         $ctx->add($newpw);
>         $ctx->add($salt);
>         $newMacpw = '{SSHA}' . encode_base64($ctx->digest . $salt ,'');
>         $macEntry->replace(userPassword => $newMacpw);
>         my $add = $macBind->add($macEntry);

Give it an object class, like 'person'?

What objectClasses do your extant users have?

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