[389-users] SSHA and friends

[Nathan Kinder]

On 09/22/2010 10:45 AM, Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> This is probably OT but I am not having much luck with google. How can 
> I create SSHA512 strings? I have been using either a php script or 
> slappasswd to create SSHA password but not sure how to do SSHA512. 
> openssl can create the SHA512 digest but I am not sure how to add the 
> random seed bit. My question probably illuminate my lack of 
> understanding of the subject.
>
Why are you pre-hashing passwords?  You can set the password storage 
scheme to SSHA512 in 389 and provide a cleartext userPassword value to 
the server and it will hash it for you.
>
> Best Regards
>
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