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attribute_userPassword

Account password. No passwords are stored in the Texas A&M LDAP directory. Account passwords are stored in Kerberos and LDAP contains a pointer to the Kerberos principal. LDAP authenticates against the Kerberos password repository.

Attribute MetadataDetails
Example(s){SASL}joe-college@TAMU.EDU
OID2.5.4.35
URNurn:oid:2.5.4.35
Multi-ValueNo
FormatOctet String
Possible ValuesAny valid string
Source(s)Defined by account holder in the NetID Activation and Password Change applications.
Security-SensitiveYes
UsageSome CAS authentications, and authentication for some Linux systems
Suppression AllowedN/A