Re: ADSI and Linux Password

[tim.bosinius@gkd-rso.de (Bosinius, Tim)]

>
> Sorry for of-toppic :-)
>
> Knows anybody a windows tool that can produce a md5 hash from a
> cleartext input ,so that i can set  cryptet passwords with VB and ADSI
> for OpenLdap Server Entrys on a Linux System ?

An easy way:

http://www.donia.com/products.htm#DigiSign

It is pretty easy to use, but early binding does not seems to work,
so you have to use CreateObject. Costs about $25.

A tricky path:

Use the Perl MD5 module from Visual Basic. I had quite a few problems
with getting the perl shell output  back into my VB app - but the can
be solved. Its slower than the DigiSign COM component, but it does
not cost you anything and the development time is rather short, if you
know the right WinAPI calls. (CreateProcess, etc)

The highway:

Create your own md5 ActiveX/COM component. Take the md5 C source as base.
I could not find an open source md5 DLL that could be used, but it should
not
be to hard in Visual C++, if you are good in c programming. I tried a while
ago,
but I am not that good in Visual C++ programming and did not get it to work.
Maybe you can even write it in Visual Basic.



I decided to take the tricky path, but I hope to turn on the highway
sometime.....


Tim Bosinius