Hello,
Assuming the above is the verbatim value you're trying to use, I note that "digest" is not a valid MD5 value (see RFC 3112 and RFC 1321). Otherwise, what value is not being treated as expected? Can you post it?
the value I'm storing into the userPassword-attribut is
{MD5}$1$ime/LI2d$EAiFdaweZsL/TIlvBrDDw0
("testpw" as md5)
Authentication against the value fails. But maybe I'm looking at the wrong end?
Regards Marten