Management::LDAPPasswordEncodingOption

Introduced : BIG-IP_v9.0
An enumeration of LDAP password encoding options.

Members

Member

Value

Description

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_ACTIVE_DIRECTORY

0

Update Active Directory password, by creating Unicode password and updating unicodePwd attribute.

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_CLEAR

1

Do not hash the password at all; presume the directory server will do it, if necessary. This is the default.

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_CRYPT

2

Hash password locally; required for University of Michigan LDAP server, and works with Netscape Directory Server if you’re using the UNIX-Crypt hash mechanism and not using the NT Synchronization service.

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_EXTENDED_OPERATION

3

Use the OpenLDAP password change extended operation to update the password.

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_MD5

4

Digest password using MD5.

LDAP_PASSWORD_ENCODING_NDS

5

Remove old password first, then update in cleartext. Necessary for use with Novell Directory Services (NDS).

See Also

iControl ::
iControl :: Management

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