Re: userPassword: {UNIX}uid [was: Authentication with UNIX username/password (ITS#212)]

[Booker Bense <bbense@networking.stanford.edu>]

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:

> I've committed changes based upon ST's submission...
> 
> Given entries:
> 	dn: cn=user,dc=foo
> 	objectclass: person
> 	cn: user
> 	userPassword: {UNIX}uid
> 
> and slapd will obtain the passwd entry getpwnam("uid") and
> use crypt(3) to compare the supplied password with pw_passwd
> field.  Also supports shadowed password files.
> 
> Enjoy!  Kurt
> 
> >Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:34:37 GMT
> >From: Kurt@OpenLDAP.org
> >To: openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org
> >Subject: Re: Authentication with UNIX username/password  (ITS#212)
> >Comment: OpenLDAP "openldap-bugs" Mailing List <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>
> >List-Archive: <http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-bugs>
> >
> >I've committed something similiar to -devel.  Uses "{UNIX}uid"
> >instead of "{EXT}uid" as mechanism is Unix specific and EXT.
> >
> >Added detection of headers, routines, and pw_passwd field to
> >configure.
> >
> >Enjoy, Kurt
> >
> >
> >At 05:35 PM 6/26/99 GMT, Kurt@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
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> >>To: openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org
> >>Subject: PRIVATE: Authentication with UNIX username/password  (ITS#212)
> >>X-Loop: openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org
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> >>Full_Name: ST Wong
> >>Version: 1.2.3 release
> >>OS: Sparc 2.6
> >>URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ST-Wong-990627.tar
> >>Submission from: (NULL) (202.45.188.24)
> >>
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I've made some minor changes to authenticate method using UNIX
> >>username/password, 
> >>either from local passwd files or other source stated in nsswitch.conf.  The
> >>new
> >>method can be used by changing the userPassword field to something like this:
> >>
> >>userPassword: {EXT}username
> >>
> >>where the password of "username" will be used for authentication.
> >>
> >>For your information.
> >>Thanks,
> >>Rgds,
> >>ST Wong
> >>
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