LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.10 with Microsoft Windows Active Directory Server Administrator's Guide

8 Modifying User Information
This chapter describes the following tasks users need to perform:
• “Changing Passwords” (page 133)
• “Changing Personal Information” (page 133)
Changing Passwords
Users can change their password with the passwd(1) command. Depending on how PAM is
configured and depending on where the user's information is located (in the directory or in
/etc/passwd), users may be prompted for their password twice as PAM searches in the
configured locations for the user's information.
Changing Personal Information
Personal information ("gecos" information), such as full name, phone number, and location, can
be changed with the chfn(1) command which changes /etc/passwd. The login shell can be
changed with the chsh(1) command, which also changes /etc/passwd. Refer to the LDAP-UX
Integration B.04.10 Release Notes to determine if these commands change entries in the directory
with this release.
You can use the Active Directory Users and Computers tool or the ldapmodify command to
change personal information, or you can use a simple LDAP gateway through a Web browser
to display and change this information.
Refer to the LDAP-UX Client Services Release Notes for additional contributed tools.
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