Backup user's password?

[Beaujolais]

Is there a way how to backup and restore user's password?

Occasionally when user's mailbox is corrupted beyond repair I have to delete the user and then re-create it.

But prior I'd like to export user's password (in hashed form is fine) and then restore it later.
Is there a way to do it?

[gren]

The encrypted password is stored in the USERLIST directory. Be aware that it can contain strange characters, so you may need to exercise care in changing things.

To find the value of the current password for, say, 'S=gren/OU1=crowley/CN=gren' :
Do :

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omsearch -s -t h -d USERLIST -m UL-PWD -e 'S=gren/OU1=crowley/CN=gren'

For me, this output :

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UL-PWD=$1$vb9UFNoR$GZLuclJgG2UqtdSjI\/VT5\/

I then deleted the user and re-added it. The following command restored the password:

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ommodent -t h -d USERLIST -n 'UL-PWD=$1$vb9UFNoR$GZLuclJgG2UqtdSjI\/VT5\/' -e 'S=gren/OU1=crowley/CN=gren'

Regards,
Gren.

[Beaujolais]

thanks

[GodOfTheWired]

I tried updating an account with an exported password, no such luck.

It seems that ommodent doesn't like $ signs:

[root@webmail ~]# ommodent -t h -d USERLIST -n 'UL-PWD=$1$8fi0glRB$fjj4J12iywoW0mOUecyrY1' -e 'UL-AUTHID=xxxx'
UL-AUTHID=xxxx
[OM 16078] An attribute's value contains invalid characters.

Parameter : Directory Entry Modifier
Attribute : UL-PWD
Max allowed size : 36
Required syntax : IA5-STRING
Value in error : \ufffd1\ufffd8fi0glRB\ufffdfjj4J12iywoW0mOUecyrY1

Any ideas? Is there a way to escape or convert the $ signs so that ommodent takes them?