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Bug 1029716

Summary: Paragraph 15.6.3 is quite misleading
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Simo Sorce <ssorce>
Component: doc-Identity_Management_GuideAssignee: Deon Ballard <dlackey>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Version: 6.4CC: dpal, rcritten
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Description Simo Sorce 2013-11-13 01:09:15 UTC
Paragraph 15.6.3. "Exempting Active Directory Users from Password Synchronization" gives an incorrect explanation of what the passSyncManagersDNs attribute does.

The title make it seem like it prevents the synchronization of passwords for specific users.
The text makes it look like it exempt a user from obeying password policies.

Neither explanation is correct, this command allow any listed user to change any other user password without them needing to reset their password again.

It should be made clean that listing a user there gives this user the ability to change any other user password.

Comment 3 Dmitri Pal 2013-12-10 14:23:51 UTC
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4072

Comment 5 Deon Ballard 2014-07-29 20:22:59 UTC
Mass closure. These bugs were live in RHEL 6.5.