DSFW: Unable to Change User Password using net user command

  • Document ID:7014356
  • Creation Date:26-Dec-2013
  • Modified Date:26-Dec-2013
    • Micro Focus Products:
      eDirectory
      Open Enterprise Server
    • SUSE Products:
      SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Environment

Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (OES11SP1)
Domain Services for Windows
DSfW

Situation

Unable to Change User Password using net user command
Setting the users password with either command fails
net user testusr1 * /domain
net user testusr1 novell /domain

Resolution

Apply November 2013 Maintenance Patch

Additional Information

ndstrace +LDAP shows the following:

2602751744 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.761] (/var/opt/novell/xad/run/ldapi pid=4306 uid=0 gid=0)(0x000e:0x77) DoExtended on connection 0xe092700
2602751744 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.761] (/var/opt/novell/xad/run/ldapi pid=4306 uid=0 gid=0)(0x000e:0x77) DoExtended: Extension Request OID:2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.11
2602751744 NMAS: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.764] NMAS Audit with Audit PA not installed
2602751744 NMAS: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.764] NMAS Audit with XDAS not installed
2602751744 NMAS: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.777] Successful set password for CN=User1.CN=Users.O=oes11sp1
2602751744 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.777] (/var/opt/novell/xad/run/ldapi pid=4306 uid=0 gid=0)(0x000e:0x77) Sending operation result 0:"":"" to
connection 0xe092700
2129053440 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.777] (/var/opt/novell/xad/run/ldapi pid=4306 uid=0 gid=0)(0x000f:0x66) DoModify on connection 0xe092700
2129053440 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.777] (/var/opt/novell/xad/run/ldapi pid=4306 uid=0 gid=0)(0x000f:0x66) modify: dn (cn=User1,cn=Users,dc=oes11sp1,dc=com)
2129053440 LDAP: [2013/08/29 15:46:53.777] nad_ppolicy_rewrite_pwdLastSet: Attribute pwdLastSet on entry <pwdLastSet> has invalid syntax 'cn=User1,cn=Users,dc=oes11sp1,dc=com'