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Change Password Property

Default Value

Description

changepw.principal

kadmin/changepw@EXAMPLE.COM

Principal for this Change Password server

changepw.primary.realm

EXAMPLE.COM

Primary realm this Change Password service serves

changepw.port

464

The port for the Change Password protocol to use

changepw.entry.basedn

ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com

Base DN for looking up users

changepw.encryption.types

des-cbc-md5

Allowed Kerberos Cipher Text type(s)

changepw.empty.addresses.allowed

true

Whether tickets issued with empty Host Addresses are allowed

changepw.allowable.clockskew

5 minutes

Allowable clockskew for all Change Password transactions

changepw.password.length

6 characters

Minimum password length

changepw.category.count

3 (out of 4)

Number of character categories required (A - Z), (a - z), (0 - 9), non-alphanumeric (!, $, #, %, ... )

changepw.token.size

3 characters

Password must not contain tokens larger than 3 characters that occur in the user's principal name.

changepw.buffer.size

1024

Buffer size for MINA ByteBuffers

java.naming.ldap.attributes.binary

krb5Key

MANDATORY for JNDI to return Kerberos keys as binary, not String

Changing Passwords with Windows 2003

Configure the Windows 2003 workstation to use an Apache Change Password server:

Code Block

C:> Ksetup /addkpasswd REALM.EXAMPLE.COM kdc.realm.example.com

Change a password using Windows Security:

1. After logging on, press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
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2. Click on the button labeled "Change Password ..."
3. Enter the Old Password and New Password (twice) and click OK.
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Or change a password using the Command Prompt:

Code Block

C:> Ksetup /domain /changepassword <old-password> <new-password>