Re: [Freeipa-users] convert krbExtraData password to plain text

2014-06-16 Thread Simo Sorce
On Mon, 2014-06-16 at 12:20 +0800, barry...@gmail.com wrote:
> dear all:
> 
> Is it possible to quiry freeipa 's account password and displan in plain
> txt ?
> 
> or convert krbExtraData to plaintxt. rather than reset it.

FWIW, krbExtraData does not contain passwords.

Simo.

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Re: [Freeipa-users] convert krbExtraData password to plain text

2014-06-16 Thread Sumit Bose
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:28:09AM -0400, Dmitri Pal wrote:
> On 06/16/2014 12:20 AM, barry...@gmail.com wrote:
> >dear all:
> >
> >Is it possible to quiry freeipa 's account password and displan in plain
> >txt ?
> >
> >or convert krbExtraData to plaintxt. rather than reset it.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >barry
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> No. IPA passwords are not reversible by design.
> In general it is a very bad security practice to make password reversible.
> Password reset is the way to go.

Additionally krbExtraData does not contain the password only data needed
by the kdc which does not have a specific LDAP attribute. iirc the data
in krbExtraData is mostly ASN.1 coded.

bye,
Sumit

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> Dmitri Pal
> 
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> Red Hat, Inc.
> 

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Re: [Freeipa-users] convert krbExtraData password to plain text

2014-06-15 Thread Dmitri Pal

On 06/16/2014 12:20 AM, barry...@gmail.com wrote:

dear all:

Is it possible to quiry freeipa 's account password and displan in 
plain txt ?


or convert krbExtraData to plaintxt. rather than reset it.

Regards

barry




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No. IPA passwords are not reversible by design.
In general it is a very bad security practice to make password reversible.
Password reset is the way to go.

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Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
Red Hat, Inc.

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