[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#593368: Bug#593368: OpenLdap simple auth password trim 8 symbols (fwd)

[Quanah Gibson-Mount]

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Date: August 17, 2010 9:42:41 AM -0700
From: Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah at zimbra.com>
To: x x <Nasm at yandex.ru>, submit at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#593368: OpenLdap simple auth password 
trim	8 symbols



--On August 17, 2010 7:20:35 PM +0400 x x <Nasm at yandex.ru> wrote:

> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.4.11-1+lenny2
>
> When I invoke `ldapsearch -x -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com -w qwerty12 -H
> ldap://192.168.0.1` auth OK When I invoke `ldapsearch -x -D
> cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com -w qwerty123456 -H ldap://192.168.0.1` auth OK
> When I invoke `ldapsearch -x -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com -w qwerty1 -H
> ldap://192.168.0.1` auth FAIL
>
> Password consists of 8 symbols max

It sounds like you chose a poor scheme for storing your passwords, like
{CRYPT}, which only supports the first 8 characters.  This is not a bug
with OpenLDAP.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
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