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List:       ltsp-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Ltsp-discuss] can't change passwords from fat clients with LDAP
From:       "Todd O'Bryan" <toddobryan () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-03-30 10:27:12
Message-ID: CABK9gzkxu1nT3kWJCwmA_hOA8j0ZGCmc3dwcXzRHhxCSWe7O3g () mail ! gmail ! com
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I was afraid that might be what I'd need to do... I'll give it a shot
and tell you how it goes.

Of course, if I do that, do I really need LDM at all?

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
> Have you tried installing the ldap client tools in the fat client
> chroot?
>
> -Rob
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 01:24:28PM +0000, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
>> My students can't change their passwords using the normal mechanisms.
>> That makes sense, because LDM tries to log them into the server and
>> then their fat client is basically separate from the server.
>>
>> This is a problem, because if they lock their screen, they can't
>> unlock it. (I could disable screen locking, but then I have to deal
>> with the pranksters who insist on fiddling with students' desktops
>> when they're away.)
>>
>> I'm using LDAP for the server authentication (actually from a separate
>> LDAP server, though I hope that's not relevant). How can I make it so
>> that students can change their passwords using the normal mechanisms
>> and can unlock their screens and such?
>>
>> Todd
>>
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