custom password attribute - openldap-technical

5 Aug 2011


      Hi,
I started with LDAP just recently and I successfully built and
implemented a custom schema. However there is one problem. I am
required to add "userPasswordAtt" attribute to my custom schema which
is similar to "userPassword" attribute in "inetOrgPerson" schema.
This is what I tried so far:
attributetype ( 1.28.7.2011.13.1
    NAME 'userPasswordAtt'
    EQUALITY octetStringMatch
    SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40)
It is basically a copy/paste of "userPassword" attribute.
objectclass ( 1.28.7.2011.1.1
    NAME 'eOskrbaPerson'
    DESC 'e-oskrba participant'
    SUP top STRUCTURAL
    MUST ( bidAtt $ uidAtt $ cnPatient $ userPasswordAtt )
    MAY ( patientCoopFlagAtt $ patientsDoctorAtt $ eMailAtt $
    	dateOfBirthAtt $ sexAtt $ healthcareInstitutionAtt $
    	memberAtt $ mobilePhoneAtt $ experimentalGroupAtt ) )
But with this attribute I can not log in to phpLDAPadmin for example.
It also doesn't cover password with dots on creation as it does with
"userPassword".
As far as I know "userPassword" is never defined as password in any
schema, I am suspecting that it has to be somehow hardcoded (I also
checked inheritance which goes all the way from core.schema).
So far I also tried to avoid inheriting attributes from defined schemas.
How can I use my custom attribute in the same way as
"inetOrgPerson->userPassword"?
Some pointers for future research would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Janez Barbic