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Oracle® Fusion Middleware Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0)

Part Number E28967-01
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userPassword

Standard LDAP attribute type

Synopsis

( 2.5.4.35
 NAME 'userPassword'
 DESC 'Standard LDAP attribute type'
 EQUALITY octetStringMatch
 SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40{128}
 X-ORIGIN 'RFC 2256' )

Description

Identifies the entry's password and encryption method in the following format:

{encryption method}encrypted password

Transfer of clear text passwords is strongly discouraged where the underlying transport service cannot guarantee confidentiality. Transfer of clear text may result in disclosure of the password to unauthorized parties.

Syntax

Octet String, multi-valued.

Examples

userPassword: {ssha}9LsFG7RT+dFnPErwSfxDlaQTn6dbIFGklMNFRr==

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE

Availability

SUNWdsee7

Stability Level

Standard: IETF, RFC 2256 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2256.txt)