[Fedora-directory-users] modify userPassword via perl-ldap?

[George Holbert]

Are you prefixing the password with the hash you're using to encrypt the 
password?
e.g.,
{crypt}
or
{ssha}


Jo De Troy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to modify the userPassword value from within a perl script
> using Perl::LDAP.
> I generate an encrypted pwd in perl and then write it to FedoraDS via
> ldap->modify
> The update seems successfull but when I query FedoraDS afterwards the
> string in userPassword is not the same as the one I generated. What
> exactly is happening in the background giving this result? I tried
> writing the same value to another attribute (eg mail) and then it is
> as expected.
> What's the best way to update the userPassword from within perl?
>
> Thanks again,
> Jo
>
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