As a new developer I was asked to change my password with perl_ldap. I got unhelpful warning messages because I used the script with incorrect parameters $ perl_ldap -b user -P Enter LDAP Password: Use of uninitialized value $uid in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/bin/perl_ldap line 387, <STDIN> line 1. Updating LDAP password for user Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. on dev.gentoo.org launch $ perl_ldap -b user -P 2. Enter your current password Actual Results: You get "Use of uninitialized value $uid in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/bin/perl_ldap line 387, <STDIN> line 1." Expected Results: Even if a new password is entered the process fails but no specific errors are shown
Who or what documentation told you to use perl_ldap to change your password? The LDAP guide, example 3.6, explicitly says to use passwd instead of perl_ldap to change passwords: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/infrastructure/ldap.xml#doc_chap3
Perhaps we should remove -P then, or is it what recruiters use? -A
It's for infra purposes actually, recruiters don't use it at all. I went and added some more error-checking to perl_ldap, but I really want to know who/what told fox to use perl_ldap for his password?
It was my fault, I looked at the doc (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/infrastructure/ldap.xml) a too little time and as I saw the perl_ldap script there. I launched $ perl_ldap --help and I saw and used the -P option without reading the doc carefully. If it's not safe I'd suggest to remove the -P option or at least show a warning that invites the user to use the safer "passwd". Thanks for your support
