Changing A Lost Passwordon Ares
If a user has forgotten their password, you cannot just log in as root and passwd username. You will need to
use the LDAP tools to reset their password. The command to do this is:
ldappasswd -x -v -D ‘cn=mgr,dc=astro,dc=utas.edu.au’ -W ‘cn=Jamie Stevens,cn=rastro,dc=astro,dc=utas.edu.au’
assuming you want to change Jamie Stevens' password. This will generate a random password of eight characters,
which the user should then use to log in and change using the standard passwd command.