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ODSEE - LDAP Password "ldappasswd" Modify Extended Operation (Doc ID 1386212.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition - Version 6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The first time attempting to run ldappasswd against a Directory Server (DS) 6.x instance, the following Insufficient access error:

./ldappasswd -p PORT -D "uid=<USER-1000>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>" -w <PASSWORD>
-S uid=<USER-1000>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
ldap_passwd_s: Insufficient access

And the corresponding output of the DS access log will look like:

[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=69 op=0 msgId=1 - BIND dn="uid=<USER-1000>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>" method=128 version=3
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=-1 op=-1 msgId=-1 - SRCH base="uid=<USER-1000>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>" scope=0 filter="(|(objectclass=\*)(objectclass=ldapsubentry))" attrs=ALL
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=-1 op=-1 msgId=-1 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=1 etime=0.000340
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=69 op=0 msgId=1 - RESULT err=0 tag=97 nentries=0 etime=0.001320 dn="uid=<USER-1000>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>"
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=69 op=1 msgId=2 - EXT oid="1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1"
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=69 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=50 tag=120 nentries=0 etime=0.000400, Password change feature access denied.
[08/Jun/2007:11:39:57 +0200] conn=69 op=2 msgId=3 - UNBIND

The first time attempting to run ldappasswd against a Directory Proxy Server (DPS) 6.x instance, the following "DSA is unwilling to perform" error:

# <DS_INSTALL>/dsee6/bin/ldappasswd -h HOSTNAME -p PORT -D "uid=<USER-x10001>,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>" -w <PASSWORD> -A -S <USER-x10001>
1,ou=people,dc=<SUFFIX_DN>
Old Password:
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
ldap_passwd_s: DSA is unwilling to perform

And the DPS access log reports the following error message:

RESPONSE err=53 msg="There are no plugins defined to handle extended operation 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1"

Cause

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