Bug 751173

Summary:	Misleading error message when changing password
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Namita Soman <nsoman>
Component:	ipa	Assignee:	Rob Crittenden <rcritten>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	IDM QE LIST <seceng-idm-qe-list>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.1	CC:	jgalipea, mkosek
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	ipa-2.2.0-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: "ipa passwd" CLI command used to change user's password always reported the same error message when a password change failed. Consequence: User password changes are a subject of configured password policy. Without a proper error message, it may be difficult to investigate why the password change failed (password complexity, too soon to change password, etc.) and amend the situation. Fix: Directory server plugin used to change passwords now returns proper error to the "ipa passwd" command Result: When password change fails, user receives an error message with exact reason, which should make the following amendment much easier.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	756082

Description Namita Soman 2011-11-03 18:34:17 UTC

Description of problem:
Log in as an IPA user, and change your own password. The default policy is Min lifetime is an hour, and Min length is 8.
If password is changed within the hour, error indicates:
ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password Fails to meet minimum strength criteria

This indicates the length or required char/numbers is incorrect.  But it is actually the min lifetime causing the password to not be accepted. Set that to zero, and was able to change password

Note: Using kpasswd indicated the actual issue with pwpolicy:
#kpasswd two
Password for two@TESTRELM: 
Enter new password: 
Enter it again: 
Password change rejected: Password change failed Err7: Too soon to change password.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ipa-server-2.1.3-8.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a user, set its passwd
2. kinit as user, reset passwd
3. As this user, change own passwd (all within the hour)
  
Actual results:
Fails with error:
ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password Fails to meet minimum strength criteria


Expected results:
Be able to change password

Additional info:

Comment 4 Rob Crittenden 2011-11-04 18:39:08 UTC

Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2067

Comment 5 Martin Kosek 2012-02-03 16:23:50 UTC

Fixed upstream:
master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/f2cc9c8d33e50b52554a2df8148d4bf7c92fc89a
ipa-2-2: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/55cd9e7dbec3d74c1856fc177bb3d64010761cc2

Comment 7 Martin Kosek 2012-04-19 11:45:59 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
Cause: "ipa passwd" CLI command used to change user's password always reported the same error message when a password change failed.
Consequence: User password changes are a subject of configured password policy. Without a proper error message, it may be difficult to investigate why the password change failed (password complexity, too soon to change password, etc.) and amend the situation.
Fix: Directory server plugin used to change passwords now returns proper error to the "ipa passwd" command
Result: When password change fails, user receives an error message with exact reason, which should make the following amendment much easier.

Comment 8 Jenny Severance 2012-05-02 17:12:02 UTC

verified :

# ipa passwd
Current Password: 
New Password: 
Enter New Password again to verify: 
ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Too soon to change password


version :

ipa-server-2.2.0-11.el6.i686

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 13:16:36 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0819.html