Re: Can't get auth_pop to auth!

[Mike Jackson]

Henning Brauer wrote:

> >   uid: elvis
> >   userPassword: {MD5}X03MO1qnZdYdgyfeuILPmQ==
> >
> > I have been trying to figure out how Henning created Elvis's MD5 password.
> > Exactly how are you creating the MD5 password?
> 
> This part was contributed, I memory serves me right by Mike Jackson. My
> guess is he just used Perl's MD5 module or a command line md5.

I used the digest command that comes with qmail-ldap, just like the
internal documentation tells you to.
 
> > Also, how do you intend to generate the MD5 password on an production basis
> > for new users?

For this, I have an account adding web interface that is written with
perl. The password hashing was done with the perl module MD5.

Mike