python sha module and ldap

[Ng Pheng Siong]

According to  <lawick at wanadoo.nl>:
> >>> import sha pwd='secret' so=sha.new(pwd) print so.hexdigest()
> e5e9fa1ba31ecd1ae84f75caaa474f3a663f05f4
> 
> With openldap, a sha can be generated like this: joost at saba:~ >
> ldappasswd -h saba -t "" -vv -n -Hsha -e geheim
> :{sha}kGByAB793z4R5tK1eC9Hd/4Dhzk=
> 
> The two don't match because Python sha is hex and ldap not. How can I
> make them match?

Here's a guess: the LDAP output is the base64 encoding of the binary
digest.



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