change password for user

[Jan-Frode M. <jan...@ta...>]

I have a script that tries to sync a userdatabase with
plaintext username/password in mysql, to a Centos Directory
Server. Currently I've been pushing the passwords into the
directory by first creating the SSHA1 hash in python and
store '{SSHA}' + encode-string in the password field.

But, it occurred to me that I'm not fully sure what I'm doing 
when creating the SSHA1 hash, so it would be nice to have
the directory server do the hashing instead. I've found the
method:

	passwd_s(user, oldpw, newpw, [serverctrls=None, [clientctrls=None]])

but are there any way to use that when I don't know the plaintext
'oldpw' ?


  -jf