The User Password Data dialog allows you to add or change a user password. The dialog appears when you select the userPassword type in the Table Editor.
Note: Access to a record is controlled via the access control settings in the directory's configuration file; therefore, you do not have to enter the existing password before changing it.
To add or change a password:
1. Ensure that you are in Table Editor view.
2. Select the in the (DIT) to which you want to add or change a password.
3. Position the cursor in the Value column, alongside the attribute type userPassword.
4. From the User Password Data dialog, click the Change button.
5. Enter the password in the Enter Password text box.
6. Re-enter the password in the Reenter Password text box, and click OK.
7. Click the Submit button to save the password to the directory.
The advanced password editor is functionally similar to the basic editor, but displays more detailed information about the encoding of the password, and allows for manual entry of a salt value (in the basic editor the salt is generated randomly).
Generally you would only enter your plain text password and a text salt in the first two fields. However if you have an existing binary salt value, you can enter that as a base64 encoded value in the third field instead.
You can directly enter other combinations of values (e.g. a password hash and a salt, or the full ldap value), however you will need to clear all other values first (using the clear button), and be very careful that your algorithm, your salt, and your hash value are all consistent, and that all unnecessary fields are blank. It is a good idea to 'test' your values before submitting them to the directory to avoid surprises.