NMAS 3.1 expires password when typed 3 times incorrectly

  • 3918959
  • 01-Nov-2006
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) version 3.1.1
Security Services 2.0.1
Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 for All Platforms
Novell eDirectory 8.8 for All Platforms
No specific policies or methods has been configured

Situation

- Password is expired because the expiration interval was set into the past
Change:
- user has mistyped the Password 3 times

Resolution

Install Security Services 2.0.2. (SSP202)


Additional Information

You can find more detailed information on how to detect if your password has expired

For a more details about deploying the Universal Password, see theNetWare 6.5 Universal Password Deployment Guide.
For more details about how to administer your password, see the Novell Password Management Administration Guide

This issue is fixed in Security Services 2.0.2. (SSP202) Security Services 2.0.2 is a bundle of security products (NICI 2.7, NMAS™ 3.1.1, Novell® Certificate Server 3.2, and NTLS 2.0) that is installed using an integrated install script. One major change from the Security Services 2.0.1 patch is the downloads have been broken out by platform and by NMAS methods. This was done to minimize the download size.

There should be 4 files available: One major change from the Security Services 2.0.1 patch is we have broken out the downloads by platform and by NMAS methods. We did this to minimize the download size.

There should be 4 files available:

ss202_NW.tgz ‑ Select this for NetWare 6.5 installs
ss202_SLAH.tgz ‑ Select this for Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP‑UX installs
SS_Setup.exe ‑ Select this for Windows installs
nmmthd273.tgz ‑ The NMAS Methods are cross‑platform, select this for all platforms

ss202_NW.tgz ‑ Select this for NetWare 6.5 installs
ss202_SLAH.tgz ‑ Select this for Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP‑UX installs
SS_Setup.exe ‑ Select this for Windows installs
nmmthd273.tgz ‑ The NMAS Methods are cross‑platform, select this for all platforms

For more information on Security Services 2.0.2., please see https://www.novell.com/documentation/nmas311/readme/security_readme.html