generating SHA password hash in php

[Anon]

I'm using Netscape Directory Server 4.11 and would like to use php to populate the directory. The only snag I've come across so far is generating the SHA password hash.

When using the Netscape Console to add users, the userPassword attribute value is a base64 encoded SHA password hash.

Has anyone done this using PHP?

Thank you for any help

Darcy

[Anon]

Hello,
As you already said, netscape messaging server store the base64 encoded of the SHA-1 hash of the password in the sldapd database.

To do this with php you have to recompile php --with-mhash (the sources at: http://mhash.sourceforge.net/dl)

then in your php code:
----8<-------8<-------
$pwd = "secret";
$hash = "{SHA}".base64_encode( mHash(MHASH_SHA1, $pwd));
----8<-------8<-------

Cheers
Luc