Stefan Seelmann wrote:
> slappasswd creates SSHA password with 4 byte salt.
> 
> Studio creates SSHA passwords with 8 byte salt
> 
> ApacheDS bind operation only works with a 8 byte salt.
> 
> The Studio veryify operation works with both.

Thanks for the investigation, this also explains why plain MD5 and SHA
passwords work.

> I haven't found a definite receipe how many byte of salt a SSHA password
> should contain. Any reference would be welcome.

I also didn't find a reference but both seem common.
Would it be an option for ApacheDS to support variable length salts in
the future? This would remove a blocker for those migrating from
OpenLDAP or other servers with a different salt size.

=Stefan

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