Decrypting a value to set as password not working

ahaz86 · ‎02-27-2015

Hello,

As part of a requirement for creating certain users we have a form which asks for a password that upon submission is encrypted using GlideEncrypter().

The problem is when I try to decrypt the value and set it as the password it is not working correctly as the decrypted value does not work as the password.

Below is the code I use to decrypt and set the password.

var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter();
var decrypted = Encrypter.decrypt(current.variables.password);


var gu = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
gu.initialize();
gu.user_name = current.variables.headless_id;
gu.first_name = current.variables.headless_id;
gu.last_name = current.variables.headless_id;
gu.email = current.variables.email_address;
gu.user_password.setDisplayValue(decrypted.toString());
//gu.user_password.setDisplayValue(decrypted);
//gu.user_password.setValue(decrypted);
gu.user_password.setDisplayValue(decrypted.toString());
gu.insert();

If I do not encrypt the password this script works fine though.

Any thoughts on this?

tltoulson · ‎02-27-2015

Hi Alexander,

The problem is that line 2 above sets the decrypted variable as what I am assuming is a Java string. Calling toString on that object, likewise, returns another string. If you do a typeof decrypted it will return "object" and not 'string'. The setDisplayValue function expects a string and apparently has no idea how to handle the object it is given. The solution is to add + '' which forces a type conversion to a javascript string that setDisplayValue can use. Thus, the following function should work for you:

var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter(); 


var decrypted = Encrypter.decrypt(current.variables.password); 




var gu = new GlideRecord('sys_user'); 


gu.initialize(); 


gu.user_name = current.variables.headless_id; 


gu.first_name = current.variables.headless_id; 


gu.last_name = current.variables.headless_id; 


gu.email = current.variables.email_address; 


gu.user_password.setDisplayValue(decrypted + ''); 


gu.insert();

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Travis

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will_smith · ‎12-23-2015

Here is my script for the business rule on the incident table

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {

   // Add your code here

   var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter();

   var decrypted = Encrypter.decrypt(current.u_encrypted_password);


   var gu = new GlideRecord('incident');

   gu.initialize();

   gu.u_encrypted_password.setDisplayValue(decrypted + '');

   gu.insert();


})(current, previous);

naresh1019 · ‎09-24-2017

In my demo Instance, when I am trying to print the password field (from sys_user table), it is showing a decrypted value.

1) I would like to know

which script/BR is responsible for converting password ...into decrypted value.

2) As a admin user if I want to print all the password values, --> how should i approach this...

Note: The above questions are only to enhance my knowledge

David Pichard · ‎10-27-2017

Is it possible to use GlideEncrypter() in workflow run script activities? So far no luck. Wondering if I need to reference a full package name of some sort?