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Re: unexpected userPassword content
> userPassword={MD5}wzNncBURtPYCDsYd7TUgWQ==
>
> But when I retrieve the userPassword content later, I get this value:
>
> e01ENX13ek5uY0JVUnRQWUNEc1lkN1RVZ1dRPT0=
What you are seeing (with `ldapsearch`) is the Base64-encoded (security
through obscurity :-) value.
$ echo 'e01ENX13ek5uY0JVUnRQWUNEc1lkN1RVZ1dRPT0=' | openssl enc -a -d
{MD5}wzNncBURtPYCDsYd7TUgWQ==
> What has openldap done to it?
Nothing.
> What do I have to do with the cleartext
> password to get the same value?
Relax: you are getting the same value. :-)
-JP