[Fedora-directory-users] Re: Fedora-directory-users Digest, Vol 42, Issue 4

[David Boreham]

Memory is hazy about this, but I seem to remember that it was done as 
two steps because AD didn't allow userAccountControl to be set in the 
ADD. It had to be set by a separate MOD. Perhaps AD has changed since 
that time in this respect though.

Rich Megginson wrote:
> Howard Chu wrote:
>>> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:13:08 -0700
>>> From: Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>
>>
>>> John Dickinson wrote:
>>>> On 30 Oct 2008, at 16:00, Rich Megginson<rmeggins at redhat.com>  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.
>
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