Package: passwd Version: 1:4.1.5-1 Severity: normal While passwd can change the password for a user stored in a LDAP repository, it can't "expire" the password. This would be very handy for an administrator helping users resetting their passwords.
$ sudo passwd -e readonly passwd: user 'readonly' does not exist in /etc/passwd $ sudo ldapsearch -xW -H ldap://ns1 "(uid=readonly)" dn: uid=readonly, ou=People, dc=example, dc=org objectClass: account objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount cn: readonly user uidNumber: 10001 gidNumber: 100 homeDirectory: /tmp uid: readonly loginShell: /bin/bash shadowMin: 0 shadowLastChange: 15446 userPassword: bla,bla,bla $ sudo getent passwd readonly readonly:x:10001:100:readonly user:/tmp:/bin/bash -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils 4.3 ii libc6 2.13-27 ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-7 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-2 ii libsemanage1 2.1.6-2 passwd recommends no packages. passwd suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org