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 OpenLDAP Faq-O-Matic : OpenLDAP Software FAQ : Configuration : SLAPD Configuration : Passwords :
 Does ldapsearch encrypt userPassword values? |
No. ldapsearch(1), itself, does not encrypt values of any attribute.
However, ldapsearch(1) will present values of some attributes, such
as userPassword, using LDIF's base64 encoding form. For example,
a userPassword value of "secret" is presented as follows:userPassword:: c2VjcmV0One may use any base64 decoder to obtain the represented value. | |
The following demonstrates how to one could decode the above base64 encoded value using perl.
echo "c2VjcmV0" | perl -MMIME::Base64 -ne 'print decode_base64($_) . "\n"'Executing this command prints "secret" followed by a newline. | |
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