Good that it worked.
I actually tried md5sum briefly when I setup the new server to see if I
could use the results from it to generate a password. I found I couldn't.
What I'm curious of, however, is why are you using MD5's and not SSHA or
SHA's? They tend to be the recommended encryption method.
Unless using slappasswd you just didn't specify a hashing function and it
defaulted to SHA.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Daniel Kelley wrote:
=>
=>yup, slappasswd did the trick. guess i need to brush up on my
=>understanding of md5 (and checksumming/encryption in general).
=>
=>thanks-
=>
=>dan
=>
=>> So far as I know, md5sum doesn't generate something that is usable in the
=>> {MD5} encryption method of SSL/LDAP.
=>>
=>> md5sum comes out with a fixed length check sum of a file, while the MD5
=>> functionality of LDAP doesn't turn the key/password into a checksum.
=>>
=>> Try using 'slappasswd', which is what I've found works well for generating
=>> the passwords.
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