Because you can't retrieve the password from Documentum. You have to go into Documentum with a userid and password for authentication, which happens every single time you call it.
On 10/2/07, Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Horwitz wrote: > > > The encryption method is set in security.xml - look for the bean called > > passwordEncoder. The default setting is ShaPasswordEncoder which is a > > one-way hash, so the password cannot be decoded. > > > > On 10/2/07, John Kwon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> getUsername gets me the username, and getPassword gets me the encrypted > >> password. > >> > >> It's obviously not the Base64 encryption - how do I decrypt the > password? > >> > >> I need it for further transactions... > > Why? The usual process is to "encrypt" the password any time you need it, > and compare that to the encrypted password you have, rather than to > ever "decrypt" a password. > -- > derek > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
