ORBIT-USER: how to change password?

[Mesut Ali Ergin]

Dear All,

Correct way to change your password for ORBIT goes like this:

ldappasswd -x -W -S  -D "uid=XXXXX,ou=people,dc=orbit-lab,dc=org" -H 
ldap://ldap.orbit-lab.org

(Replace XXXXX with your ORBIT username)

Enjoy,

--
MAE

Mingliang WANG wrote:
> this is the same problem i have.
> anyone please advise.
> 
> thanks
>> Hi all,
>> I recently got the account.
>> When I logged in gateway.orbit.com and tried to change my password, I
>> got the following error.
>> Am I did something wrong?
>>
>>
>> sangho at external2:~$ passwd
>> Enter login(LDAP) password: xxxxxxxxxx
>> passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered
>> passwd: password unchanged
>>
>>
>> - Sangho
>>
>>
>> Mingliang Wang wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I was trying to change my password to the nodes on gateway but got the
>>> following errors.
>>>
>>> passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered
>>>
>>> i tried passwd -S and got the following, looking like my a/c is in
>>> 'locked' state.
>>>
>>> "mlwang L 09/11/2006 -1 999999 7 -1"
>>>
>>> your inputs are highly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Mingliang
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 


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