Re: Copying SSHA userPassword from Oracle to OpenLDAP

[Olivier <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th>]

Nicholas Carl <ncarl.personal@gmail.com> writes:

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> Currently doing a targeted sync of userPassword field from one LDAP to another following this
> process.
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> 1) Query using ldapsearch and grab userPassword field.
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> 2) Deode string using base64 –d
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> 3) Import resultant encrypted password into other ldap using ldapmodify.
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> This process worked when the password decoded into {crypt} format, but after they upgraded and
> changed to {SSHA} format passwords, it no longer works. Also confirmed with Oracle LDAP
> admins that the decode matches our {SSHA} string.
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> Is there some additional configuration information I need to request from the oracle
> LDAP server administrators for server or client config in openldap?
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> # Querying other LDAP server
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> $ ldapsearch -h oracleServer -D - -w - -b - "uid=-" | grep ^userPassword
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> userPassword::
> e1NTSEF9S3hNQVVoRGY0Y0ZMVXdVREZQb1VDMFNvRFdRb0c2TnNLRTVZUWc9PQ=
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> $ ldapsearch -h oracleServer -D - -w - -b - "uid=-" | grep ^userPassword | base64 -d
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> {SSHA}KxMAUhDf4cFLUwUDFPoUC0SoDWQoG6NsKE5YQg==base64: invalid input
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> ## After importing decrypted into new server, the encrypted string matches.
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> $ ldapsearch -h openLDAPServer -D - -w - "uid=-" | grep ^userPassword
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> userPassword::
> e1NTSEF9S3hNQVVoRGY0Y0ZMVXdVREZQb1VDMFNvRFdRb0c2TnNLRTVZUWc9PQ=

With Open LDAP, the SSHA password MUST have the prefix {SSHA} before the
password string, ex:

userpassword: {SSHA}sOO2ymlVcl5RtKZnCq8moWc25cvXpaTu

If SSHA encryption is matching between Oracle and OpenLDAP, just add
that prefix and you should be OK.

Best regards,

Olivier
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