LDAP -- plain text password

Question

Hi All -
Does any one know how to retrieve the password from LDAP in plain text form?
Thanks,
Giri

Answer 1

Hi Giri,
Yes there is a possiblity, you can retrive password using java server side program, we had same problem and then fixed now we can retrieve password as well as Userid.
Note: we are authenticating against LDAP server and App server is
IBM WebSphere Application server.
for using below example:
public class TestServer
private void performLoginAndAuthentication()
// Get the user's ID and password.
String userid = customGetUserid();
String password = customGetPassword();
// Ensure immediate authentication.
boolean forceAuthentication = true;
// Create a new security context to hold
// authentication data.
ServerSideAuthenticator serverAuth = new ServerSideAuthenticator();
try
// Perform authentication based on supplied data.
org.omg.SecurityLevel2.Credentials credentials =
serverAuth.login(userid, password, forceAuthentication);
// Retrieve the user's name from the credentials
// so we can tell the user that login succeeded.
String username = serverAuth.getUserName(credentials);
System.out.println("Authentication successful for user: "+username);
catch (Exception e)
// Handle exceptions.
Just research or give me more details how may I can help you in this case.
Thanks
Srinivasa