Password 2-way field set to single character

[Robert Beeman]

I'm trying to set a Password 2-way type field value programatically. I've noticed that if I set this with a single character, like below, then the field is empty when I decrypt it. If I set it to two or more characters then it decrypts to the proper value.

What makes this more confusing is that if I set the value to a single character manually from the form, and update the record, then it decrypts to my value.

var gr = new GlideRecord('u_my_table');
gr.addQuery('sys_id','9c5127614fb832009363b5e18110c7f1');
gr.query();
if (gr.next()) {
         gr.u_secret = '3'; //Password 2-way
         gr.update();
}

var gr = new GlideRecord('u_my_table');
gr.addQuery('sys_id','9c5127614fb832009363b5e18110c7f1');
gr.query();
if (gr.next()) {
         var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter(); 
         var decrypted = Encrypter.decrypt(gr.u_secret); 
         gs.info(decrypted); // Empty if set to single character, correct value if more than one character
}

Am I doing something wrong or is this expected behavior? Thank in advance!

[Sumit Maniktala · Accepted solution]

I see the issue now

You need to encrypt the text before you set it so that it is padded to multiple of 8 characters & that is what system expects. So do this

var gr = new GlideRecord('u_test');

gr.addQuery('sys_id', '69bb303e4f30320038f527118110c727');

gr.query();

if(gr.next())

{

//Here is what you need to do, encrypt the content before setting in field

var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter();

var encrypted = Encrypter.encrypt('3');

gr.u_test_pwd = encrypted;

gr.update();

}

and now when you retrieve it via script it will return the expected result

var gr1 = new GlideRecord('u_test');

gr1.addQuery('sys_id', '69bb303e4f30320038f527118110c727');

gr1.query();

if(gr1.next())

{

var Encrypter = new GlideEncrypter();    

var decrypted = Encrypter.decrypt(gr1.u_test_pwd);    

gs.log(decrypted);

}

[Robert Beeman]

Awesome! I knew I must have been missing something. Thank you so much. +points to you