On 18 Nov 2008, at 15:41, Hugo Etievant wrote:

hello,

The admin Guid says that : "Make sure that the Active Directory password complexity policies are enabled so that the *Password Sync* service will run. Run |secpol.msc|, and select *Security Settings*, then *Account Policies*, and *Password Policy*. Make sure that | Password must meet complexity requirements| is selected. " ( cf http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Windows_Sync-Configurin... )

I done the installation same as required.

But after a week, I have reconfigured Active Directory and unactivate the "|Password must meet complexity requirements|" attribute. Windows Sync continue to work without problem : new very simple password (for example, password identical to login) are synchronized between AD and FDS.

Why the Admin Guide says this attribute is mandatory ? The facts show that it is not !

Is it a bug ?

The |complexity requirements are too much complicated for my users (and are no configurable), i must unactivate it.|

Based on my experiments, you don't have to have complexity requirements turned on in AD and FDS but it would be a good idea to ensure any requirements are the same in both. Otherwise some passwords might work and others not.

You can turn off the requirement in FDS - I don't remember where and don't have access to my system right now - but try right clicking in the directory console at the userRoot, I think there is something about this in the menu.

John