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Description of problem:
minPoints value in pwdChecker isn't set to default value.

Documentation says:
minPoints : integer. Default value: 3. Minimum number of quality points a new password must have to be accepted. One quality point is awarded for each character class used in the password.

My use case:
cat > /etc/openldap/check_password.conf <<EOF
minLower 3
EOF

Then 'ldappasswd -H ldap://my-domain.com -a PASSab -s BLABla -D uid=testuser3,dc=my-domain,dc=com -w PASSab -x uid=testuser3,dc=my-domain,dc=com' is allowed but it should fail. 

If I explicitly set 'minPoints 3' then ldappasswd fails:

[test]ldappasswd -H ldap://my-domain.com -a PASSab -s BLABla -D uid=testuser3,dc=my-domain,dc=com -w PASSab -x uid=testuser3,dc=my-domain,dc=com -e ppolicy
Result: Constraint violation (19)
control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27.8.5.1 false MAOBAQU=
ppolicy: error=5 (Password fails quality checks)



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openldap-2.4.39-3.el7

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Additional info:

The same situation is for other keywords in /etc/openldap/check_password.conf. If keyword isn't found in a file then its value is set to '-1' instead of default value.

Fix in Fedora:
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/openldap.git/commit/?id=0625d0e5014f6ddcf02e6d6ffed7fa2ba57fd024

*** Bug 1196243 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2131.html