Simple example for extended passwort operation.

Demo/passwd_ext_op.py

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+"""
+Example showing the use of the password extended operation.
+"""
+
+import sys,ldap,ldapurl,getpass
+
+# Set debugging level
+ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_DEBUG_LEVEL,255)
+ldapmodule_trace_level = 2
+ldapmodule_trace_file = sys.stderr
+
+lu = ldapurl.LDAPUrl(sys.argv[1])
+
+print 'Old password'
+oldpw = getpass.getpass()
+print 'New password'
+newpw = getpass.getpass()
+
+# Set path name of file containing all CA certificates
+# needed to validate server certificates
+ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_X_TLS_CACERTFILE,'/etc/httpd/ssl.crt/myCA-cacerts.pem')
+
+# Create LDAPObject instance
+l = ldap.initialize(lu.initializeUrl(),trace_level=ldapmodule_trace_level,trace_file=ldapmodule_trace_file)
+
+l.protocol_version=ldap.VERSION3
+
+l.simple_bind_s(lu.dn,oldpw)
+
+l.passwd(lu.dn,oldpw,newpw)
+
+l.unbind_s()