--On Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:46 PM -0400 Hans Poo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'am using the Perl Net::LDAP Module with openldap-2.3.24 (uses LDAP
protocol Version 3).
I need to update the userPassword field, the problem is that somewhere in
the middle the new password i'am giving gets base64 encoded.
As to my understanding i'am preparing the whole password.
In the password i'am putting first the encoding type: {MD5}, {SSHA}, etc
and then the hash. No matter what i do, even the supposed encoding type
gets base64 encoded once in the Server.
I'am not sure if it is Net::LDAP or the server itself who is doing this:
I've tried two diferent perl ways:
1.- Using replace
my $result = $ldap->modify(dn=>$dn,
replace=>{'userPassword'=>"{MD5}$digest"});
2.- Using extended operations
my $result = $ldap->set_password(user=>$dn, newpasswd => "{MD5}$digest");
In the server the new password "{MD5}$digest" is a big base64 string.
I'am not including the rest of the MD5 or bind stuff, but it's Ok.
It is supposed to be base64 encoded, what is the problem here?
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Developer
ITS/Shared Application Services
Stanford University
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