[Fedora-directory-users] SSHA Seed?

Robert r. Sanders robert.sanders at ipov.net
Thu May 25 18:24:30 UTC 2006


Yeah, but what I want to do is copy the HASH from one server to the other.


Mike Jackson wrote:
> Robert r. Sanders wrote:
>> We are attempting to sync (via ldap copy) the usernames and passwords 
>> of our FDS LDAP users with an OpenLDAP server.  The issue we are 
>> running into is we are fairly new to FDS and can't figure out how to 
>> determine the SSHA Seed value (which we could then set as the seed on 
>> the OpenLDAP server).
>>
>> I've been searching this morning and have failed to discover 
>> anything; any info would be very useful.
>
> Hi,
>  I don't think it matters what you set for a SSHA salt (seed) value on 
> the OL side.
>
>  SHA salts only serve the purpose of ensuring that two hashes of 
> identical data yield different output. Validating two hashes of 
> identical data will succeed, even if they were generated with 
> different salts, and thus look different.
>
> BR,
> -- 
> mike
>
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