I can't seem to change a users password using the ldap3 python module against an OpenLDAP server. A similar question has been asked before but that's specific to Active Directory.
What I've tried:
from ldap3.extend.standard.modifyPassword import ModifyPassword
from ldap3.utils.hashed import hashed
password = hashed(HASHED_SALTED_SHA, password)
# or..
password = '{SASL}theuser@domain.com'
modify = ModifyPassword(
connection, user.entry_get_dn(), new_password=password)
resp = modify.send()
print(modify.result)
{'referrals': None, 'result': 0, 'description': 'success', 'type': 'extendedResp', 'message': '', 'responseName': None, 'new_password': None, 'dn': '', 'responseValue': None}
The description says success, but the password isn't actually changed.
I've also tried to send a modify replace message:
def modify_user_password(self, user, password):
dn = user.entry_get_dn()
hashed_password = hashed(HASHED_SALTED_SHA, 'MyStupidPassword')
changes = {
'userPassword': [(MODIFY_REPLACE, [hashed_password])]
}
logger.debug('dn: ' + dn)
logger.debug('changes: ' + str(changes))
success = self.engage_conn.modify(dn, changes=changes)
if success:
logger.debug('Changed password for: %s', dn)
print(self.engage_conn.result)
else:
logger.warn('Unable to change password for %s', dn)
logger.debug(str(self.engage_conn.result))
raise ValueError('stop')
The connection is not an SSL connection. The answer to the AD question requires that the connection be over SSL. Is this also a requirement for OpenLDAP?
Edit:
After changing the dn
to user.entry_get_dn()
the code seemed to work about 90% of the time. After running these tests again today it appears that it now works consistently. I'm going to chalk this up to not viewing fresh data in my directory browser.