Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Re: WinSync userAccountControl bug (was Fedora-directory-users Digest, Vol 42, Issue 4)

Rich Megginson <rmeggins(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Howard Chu wrote: >>> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:13:08 -0700 >>> From: Rich Megginson&lt;rmeggins(a)redhat.com&gt; >> >>> John Dickinson wrote: >>>> On 30 Oct 2008, at 16:00, Rich Megginson&lt;rmeggins(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >>>> create user in AD userAccountControl: 512 (Normal) >>>> create user in Fedora DS (console) userAccountControl: 546 >>>> (Normal + >>>> PASSWD_NOTREQ + ACCOUNTDISABLE) >>>> >>>> Would there be anything wrong with Fedora DS just forcing >>>> userAccountControl = 512? Or are more options needed in the user >>>> creation dialog? >>> I'm not sure. 1.1.3 included a "fix" for userAccountControl. The way >>> it works now is this: >>> add new AD entry over LDAP - no userAccountControl attribute is >>> present, >>> so it must use some sort of AD default value >>> read the new AD entry - get the userAccountControl value >>> set AD entry userAccountControl |= 0x200 # 512 == normal account) >>> >>> So you might try a simple test - add a new AD entry over LDAP >>> outside of >>> windows sync - see what the default userAccountControl value is - I'm >>> guessing that adding a new AD entry without specifying >>> userAccountControl sets it to PASSWD_NOTREQ + ACCOUNTDISABLE >> >> Yes, users created via LDAP are disabled unless you explicitly provide >> the userAccountControl attribute (with proper flags) in the LDAP Add >> operation. I tripped over this myself the first time I loaded up a >> test database in AD. (It also gave me a Fine Opportunity to time how >> long it took to LDAP Modify all of the users in my test database. >> ugh...) >> > Then this is a bug in the winsync code. In the ADD case, it should just > force userAccountControl to the Normal value. In the MOD case, it > should |= the value. John, can you open a bug about this issue? > Thanks. Done - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470224

There are other values of userAccountControl that an administrator might want to set when creating users. One example is DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD - so is there a need for the userAccountControl flags to be configurable on a create user dialog such as that in fedora-idm-console or phpldapadmin rather than hard coded?

John P.S. Sorry about the totally useless subject line earlier in this thread. -- Fedora-directory-users mailing list Fedora-directory-users(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users