Name

encode-password — encode a password with an OpenDJ storage scheme

Synopsis

encode-password {options}

Description

This utility can be used to encode user passwords with a specified storage scheme, or to determine whether a given clear-text value matches a provided encoded password.

Options

The following global options are supported.

-a, --authPasswordSyntax

Use the authentication password syntax rather than the user password syntax.

-c, --clearPassword {clearPW}

Clear-text password to encode or to compare against an encoded password.

-e, --encodedPassword {encodedPW}

Encoded password to compare against the clear-text password.

-E, --encodedPasswordFile {file}

Encoded password file.

-f, --clearPasswordFile {file}

Clear-text password file.

-i, --interactivePassword

The password to encode or to compare against an encoded password is interactively asked to the user.

-l, --listSchemes

List available password storage schemes.

-r, --useCompareResultCode

Use the LDAP compare result as an exit code for the password comparison.

-s, --storageScheme {scheme}

Scheme to use for the encoded password.

-V, --version

Display version information.

-?, -H, --help

Display usage information.

Exit Codes

0

The command completed successfully.

5

The -r option was used, and the compare did not match.

6

The -r option was used, and the compare did match.

other

An error occurred.

Examples

The following example encodes a password, and also shows comparison of a password with the encoded value. 

$ encode-password -l
3DES
AES
BASE64
BLOWFISH
CLEAR
CRYPT
MD5
RC4
SHA
SMD5
SSHA
SSHA256
SSHA384
SSHA512
$ encode-password -c secret12 -s CRYPT
Encoded Password:  "{CRYPT}ZulJ6Dy3TFnrE"
$ encode-password -c secret12 -s CRYPT -e "{CRYPT}ZulJ6Dy3TFnrE" -r
The provided clear-text and encoded passwords match
$ echo $?
6