Plugins to capture clear-text password

Hi,

Is it possible to write a plugin in iPlanet

Directory Server 5.0 to retrieve the value of 'userpassword'

attribute in clear-text even when the directory server

instance is configured to store encrypted passwords?

I have made an attempt at pre and post add plugin in iPlanet,

however both resulted in encrypted passwords.

Is there any other way to retrieve clear text password?

Thanks,

Rajalakshmi Iyer

[484 byte] By [706545] at [2007-11-25 8:23:58]

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# 1

I think retrieving cleartext password from the directory defeats the purpose of encrypting the password before storing. If you really need the cleartext password (why do you need it?) you should probably intercept it at the GUI and save it elsewhere. On second thoughts, if you are saving the pasword in cleartext anywhere, you could do the same in the directory - just disable the encryption for password storage.

709449 at 2007-7-1 14:46:26 >

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# 2

I need to encrypt passwords using SSHA but also need to store the same password encrypted by another encryption scheme elsewhere. How do I get the clear text password before it is SSHA encrypted by the directory server through the plugin?

706545 at 2007-7-1 14:46:26 >

# 3

you should use a third program to change password and write password to LDAP and the "other" application separately.

708907 at 2007-7-1 14:46:26 >

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