Red Hat Directory Server ACI with target attribute userPassword and USERDN keyword denies write for password change operations

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Issue

A Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS) access control handling with ACIs that use target attribute userPassword and the USERDN keyword, will not work for password change operations
ACI example:

aci: (targetattr="userPassword")(version 3.0; acl "Owners can set passwords"; allow(write) userattr="owner#USERDN";)

Error example:

ldap_modify: Insufficient access (50)
 additional info: Insufficient 'write' privilege to the 'userPassword'
attribute of entry 'uid=user2,o=example'.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Directory Server with redhat-ds-base 8.x up to redhat-ds-base-8.2.0-13.el5dsrv included

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