LDAP-UX Client Services B.05.00 with Microsoft Windows Active Directory Server Administrator's Guide (obsolete beyond B.05.00)

7 Modifying user information
This chapter describes how to change user passwords and personal information.
7.1 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.
7.2 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. Because of authentication
and access permission requirements, these commands do not directly support LDAP-managed data.
You can use the Active Directory Users and Computers tool, the ldapugmod command, 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 Integration Release Notes for additional contributed tools.
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