Read userPassword field from ldap server in clear text

Question

I am building a utility that will copy users and groups from an Oracle Internet Directory server and transfer them into an OpenDJ LDAP server.

After a lot of work i have come to the point where i read User's attributes from OID and i am stuck in the userPassword field.

Is there any way that i can read the password in clear text?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '12 at 07:56

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You can only read the password in clear text if it was put there in clear text. Mostly it isn't, for very good security and legal reasons. However you don't need to for this purpose: just copy the contents exactly as they are. That will include a tag showing whatever hashing scheme was used on the password, and the target LDAP server should handle that correctly.

answered Jun 18 '12 at 07:56

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ok, i have managed it to work. Thanks. But could userPassword be retrieved as plain text? – MaVRoSCy Jun 18 '12 at 10:06
@MaVRoSCy The first sentence of my reply answers that question. – user207421 Jun 18 '12 at 10:35

Read userPassword field from ldap server in clear text

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