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Getting user password from Active Directory

Author
10 Jun 2005 10:43 AM
Diego F.
Is it possible to get user password from active directory? I want to
authenticate a user with Active Directory. I can get the name or email, but
I don't know if I can get the password.

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Regards,

Diego F.

Author
10 Jun 2005 12:11 PM
Leon Mayne [MVP]
Diego F. wrote:
> Is it possible to get user password from active directory? I want to
> authenticate a user with Active Directory. I can get the name or
> email, but I don't know if I can get the password.

No, the password is stored in a hashed state and cannot be retrieved.
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Author
10 Jun 2005 12:56 PM
Patrick Olurotimi Ige
Sorry no way..
Eventually u can validate against it


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Author
10 Jun 2005 4:51 PM
Diego F.
I could do it with the info in that page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/SecNetHT02.asp

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Regards,

Diego F.



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Author
11 Jun 2005 2:20 AM
Patrick Olurotimi Ige
Do u want to retrieve the password or you want to validate against
Active Directory?




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Author
13 Jun 2005 5:49 PM
Diego F.
It was enough with AD validation. Thank you.

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Regards,

Diego F.



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> Active Directory?
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