Re: wrapper for kpasswd
On Fr, 20 Jan 2012, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Wolfgang Schweer] > > Changing the Kerberos password using a web browser is sort of > > uncomfortable. > > Yes, but required to get the Samba and LDAP password updated at the > same time. :( If we want to properly handle Samba and LDAP access, we > need to keep these in sync. > > Since yesterday (thanks to #656309), if you only want to change the > Kerberos password, you can use 'passwd', the KDE control panel > (password & user account or something like that), or any other program > using PAM. Thanks, I wasn't aware of #656309 > I am wondering if we should disable the PAM option and tell everyone > to use the web page, to make sure Samba and LDAP access keep working > without confusing users and admins, but am not sure. Well, it couldn't be more confusing than atm. No simple way to explain yet given all the other changes since Lenny. > > The following script uses kdialog boxes and could be executed via > > ALT-F2 or via a .desktop file. It works for me. To be useable in > > GNOME as well, xdialog would be better though but IIRC it looks > > ugly. > > It seem redundant to the passwd and KDE control panel options. Any > particular reason why you want a third option? No longer. Wolfgang signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: wrapper for kpasswd
[Wolfgang Schweer] > Changing the Kerberos password using a web browser is sort of > uncomfortable. Yes, but required to get the Samba and LDAP password updated at the same time. :( If we want to properly handle Samba and LDAP access, we need to keep these in sync. Since yesterday (thanks to #656309), if you only want to change the Kerberos password, you can use 'passwd', the KDE control panel (password & user account or something like that), or any other program using PAM. I am wondering if we should disable the PAM option and tell everyone to use the web page, to make sure Samba and LDAP access keep working without confusing users and admins, but am not sure. In Wheezy, the kerberos server get hooks that can be used when changing passwords, allowing the Kerberos server to update the Samba and LDAP password. But until then, we are out of luck. See #588968 for the details. > The following script uses kdialog boxes and could be executed via > ALT-F2 or via a .desktop file. It works for me. To be useable in > GNOME as well, xdialog would be better though but IIRC it looks > ugly. It seem redundant to the passwd and KDE control panel options. Any particular reason why you want a third option? -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120120173655.gk...@login2.uio.no