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Re: LDIF, two colons: RTFM (Using MD5 passwords with LDAP)

Regarding the data presented after two colons, please see
 http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/dbtools.html#The%20LDIF%20text%20entry%20format
and
 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2849.html

-Peter

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:06:18PM +0530, Jatin Nansi wrote:

> so if the hashed passwd looks like: 
> 
> {crypt}$1$IUVFU.Gl$EAxiELOKANSaTYac6q59W0

> the ldapsearch passwd looks like this:
> 
> userPassword:: e2NyeXB0fSQxJElVVkZVLkdsJEVBeGlFTE9LQU5TYVRZcGo2cTU5VzA=
> 
> (note the 2 colons)
> 
> and the really mad thing is that gq still manages to show the same passwd
> correctly, ie:
> 
> {crypt}$1$IUVFU.Gl$EAxiELOKANSaTYac6q59W0