ldappasswd and “ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49)” error message

Some context might be useful. We have an openldap instance to manage users. We also have phpLDAPadmin, but that's not the point. The point is that I want to add/edit an user from command line. Adding a user it not a problem.

ldapadduser john.doe users
Warning : using command-line passwords, ldapscripts may not be safe
Successfully added user john.doe to LDAP
Successfully set password for user john.doe

However, changing the password was a little bit more problematic.

ldappasswd briana.bennett
SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password: 
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49)
	additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database

I also tried with:

ldappasswd -D "cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=net" -W -x john.doe
Enter LDAP Password:
Result: Invalid syntax (21)
Additional info: Invalid DN

Hmm... have no fear, I solved the problem. For future reference if anyone happens across this post with the same issue, the user you are trying to change must also be a full DN:

ldappasswd -D 'cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=net' -W -S -x 'uid=john.doe,ou=users,dc=domain,dc=net' -s KZ1URpsdEhP1HOJG

Note: instead of using -s (which is used to specify the password on the command line)  -S to instruct ldappasswd to prompt for new password.

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