[Deploying Sakai] Fwd: Migrating user passwords from MySQL to OpenLDAP

[Fernando Laudares Camargos]

Hello Steve,

thanks a lot for the information, it was exactly what I needed to know.

Cheers,
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Fernando Laudares Camargos
     Révolution Linux
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On 07-11-2012 01:56, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> Hi Fernando,
> 
> The passwords in the DB are not reversible, so you'd either need to transfer them in their current form, if that is suitable, or get users to re-enter them in the new system.
> 
> Older versions were just MD5 hashed. Newer passwords are salted and hashed. 
> 
> Check PasswordService in the kernel.
> eg
> http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/kernel/1.3.0-b01/xref/org/sakaiproject/user/impl/PasswordService.html
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> 
> On 07/11/2012, at 12:23 PM, Fernando Laudares Camargos <fernando at revolutionlinux.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> we've got a Sakai server that is configured to be used with a MySQL database. We want to export the user's data to and LDAP server. What would be the correct way to migrate the password present in the table SAKAI_USER to the LDAP userPassword parameter conserving a compatible format ? 
>>
>> In other words, how the user password in encrypted before being registered in the MySQL database ?
>>
>> Thank you for your attention,
>> -- 
>> Fernando Laudares Camargos
>>     Révolution Linux
>> http://www.revolutionlinux.com
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