Texas A&M University - Infrastructure Services

User Password (userPassword)

Definition: Account password.

No passwords are stored in the Texas A&M LDAP directory. Account passwords are stored in Kerberos and LDAP authenticates logins against the Kerberos password repository.
Attribute Name: 'userPassword'
OID: 2.5.4.35
URN: urn:oid:2.5.4.35
Object Class: person
Required: no
Multiple Values: Multi-valued
Format: Octet String {128}
Controlled Vocabulary: not applicable
Source: Defined by account owner in the NetID Activation and Password Change applications.
Indexing: none
Search Syntax: EQUALITY octetStringMatch
Access: Access to bind (authenticate) is provided to nonauthenticated (anonymous) users.
No other type of access is granted.
Usage: CAS authentication
Example(s): {SASL}joe-college@TAMU.EDU (pointer to Kerberos)