Re: fetch plain text password from active directory
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:09:19 -0500
In news:1162991231.423625.63890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
deep <deepak.yadav@xxxxxxxxx> typed:
I have to fetch plain text password of users from active directory
(windows 2003). Is this possible if i can connect to it as
administrator and group password policy is "store password using
reversible encryption" is enabled (enabled before users are created..)
I have read a lot of online pages on this, and there are some
conflicting messages regarding this
e.g. The "Active Directory Cookbook" says the password is stored
in unicodePwd attribute and can never be read
MSDN, while explaining about Digest Authentication says
"The server uses the same process as the client to create a digest
using a copy of the client's password it obtains from Active
Directory, where the password is stored using reversible encryption"
Please help.
-thnx
Not sure what you mean by "plain text password" - passwords are not stored
in plain text, as you yourself have acknowleged you read. What exactly is it
you're trying to do, and why?
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