ORBIT-USER: how to change password?

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

This was actually a misconfiguration which has been corrected. You can
now change your password directly from the gw.orbit-lab.org using
/usr/bin/passwd. We will push the correct configuration to the rest of
the clients by Thursday.

  Luis

On 12/11/06, Mesut Ali Ergin <ergin at eden.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Mesut Ali Ergin
> ergin at winlab.rutgers.edu
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