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List:       sqwebmail
Subject:    Re: [sqwebmail] Qmail-ldap and sqwebmail - Password change issue
From:       Biswajit Banerjee <biswajit () tetrain ! com>
Date:       2003-08-30 15:36:13
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Brian Candler wrote:
Dear Brain, 

Thanks a ton , it did worked out . AUTHBIND variable help and now the
issue is resolved .

Thanks again

Regards

Biswajit Banerjee




> On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 04:36:44PM +0530, Biswajit Banerjee wrote:
> > userPassword:: e2NyeXB0fUJtdWlYdkJIRWZnYXc=
> 
> That is a base64 representation of "{crypt}BmuiXvBHEfgaw" - you can
> determine this using one of various commands, e.g.
> 
> $ perl -e 'use MIME::Base64; print decode_base64("e2NyeXB0fUJtdWlYdkJIRWZnYXc=");'
> 
> $ ruby -e 'p "e2NyeXB0fUJtdWlYdkJIRWZnYXc=".unpack("m")'
> 
> So after changing the password, try looking at the userPassword attribute
> again and see how it looks.
> 
> My guess is you are starting with a crypt password, and then when you change
> the password it is being replaced with a cleartext one or a differently
> encrypted one.
> 
> Another option is to use AUTHBIND so that the LDAP server itself does the
> password checking, rather than giving the password to sqwebmail for it to
> check.
> 
> Brian.
> 
> 


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