[Fedora-directory-users] Windows Sync

[Rich Megginson]

Scott Belnap wrote:
> I have a fresh AD install and have set up a Windows Sync between FDS and
> AD am able to populate AD with all my FDS accounts.  My issue is when I
> first make the initial full synchronization FDS won't populating AD with
> the passwords.  The only way I can get FDS to populate the password in
> AD is if I manually change the users' password on FDS.  Can anyone give
> me some advice on how to get the passwords to sync on the first full
> sync process.
>   
The problem is that the passwords in FDS are hashed, and AD has no way 
to read those hashes - AD requires the cleartext password in order to 
hash/encrypt it with its various nefarious schemes.  So even if the 
passwords were sent over to AD in the initial sync, they would be 
useless on AD.
> Mahalo!
>
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