Christopher Paul chris.paul@rexconsulting.net schrieb am 22.03.2021 um 18:49
in Nachricht a3f5ac1d-d821-933d-0537-f0d50c8ff6b8@rexconsulting.net:
Hello,
I read the warning in SLAPO_PPOLICY(5) regarding ppolicy_hash_cleartext: "It is recommended that when this option is used that compare, search, and read access be denied to all directory users".
Am I correct to presume that this means that the compare, search, read access be denied for directory users' _own_ (self) userPassword attrs, right?
Because compare, search, read access to _other_ users' userPassword is rightfully denied typically by any sensible access control ruleset. (Right?)
And if this document does mean to say that compare, search, and read access should be denied for directory users' _own_ (self) userPassword attrs, can someone please explain why, if users can read their userPassword, it would be worse for it to be encrypted than plain text?
Obviously if you come to some user's terminal that isn't locked, you cannot find outthe user's password normally (nor can you change it), but when readoing the cleartext password you could.
Many thanks,
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