RE: disable password hash

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kervin L. Pierre [mailto:kervin@blueprint-tech.com]

> thanks for the clarification,
> 
> But my problem remains because slapd insist on hashing the userpassword 
> attribute when users are added.  This will cause me to have to do an 
> extra modify to user accounts with every add, in my situation this is 
> more trouble than it sounds like.

????? When entries are added, attribute values are stored verbatim.
Nothing is modified, userpasswords are not hashed.

> I would like to have slapd *not* hash the userpassword attribute, and 
> just store the value recieved unencrypted, just like any other 
> attribute.  Is this possible?

That's exactly what slapd does.

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