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Salted SHA256 Password Storage Scheme

Note: this component has a complexity level of "expert", which means that objects of this type are not expected to be created or altered. Please contact support for assistance if you believe that you have a need to create or modify this type of object.

The Salted SHA256 Password Storage Scheme provides a mechanism for encoding user passwords using a salted form of the 256-bit SHA-2 message digest algorithm.

This scheme contains an implementation for the user password syntax, with a storage scheme name of "SSHA256", and an implementation of the auth password syntax, with a storage scheme name of "SHA256".

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↓Properties
↓dsconfig Usage

Parent Component

The Salted SHA256 Password Storage Scheme component inherits from the Password Storage Scheme

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ enabled
↓ salt-length-bytes

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Password Storage Scheme
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Password Storage Scheme is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

salt-length-bytes

Description
Specifies the number of bytes to use for the generated salt.
Default Value
8
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 1.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Password Storage Schemes:

dsconfig list-password-storage-schemes
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Password Storage Scheme:

dsconfig get-password-storage-scheme-prop
     --scheme-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Password Storage Scheme:

dsconfig set-password-storage-scheme-prop
     --scheme-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...