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Month: September 2011

KWallet problem with LDAP

From: "John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan@...>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:46:00 -0400
Hello, all.  I think this is more of a usage than a development
question.  Most of our applications authenticate against LDAP.  Many of
these same applications store their passwords in KWallet.  If the
password changes, KWallet remembers the old one until it fails and the
user is prompted for a new one.  But, when it fires off requests for
several different applications at once, LDAP locks the account so users
are unable to enter the new password.  Has anyone found a way to work
around this? I'll explain in more detail in case it is not clear.

In our case, the culprit is usually Kontact and KOrgac.  They may store
passwords for an email account, several calendars, several address
books, a task list, etc.  When the user changes their LDAP password, the
first time these application try to synchronize, they may send 8, 10,
12, however many requests for authentication depending on the number of
email accounts, calendars, etc.  All those requests at once with wrong
passwords look like a brute force attack and LDAP locks the account.

Any tips on getting around this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - John