ApacheDS - cannot verify the quality of the non-cleartext passwords

Question

I'm getting cannot verify the quality of the non-cleartext passwords error while trying to add an entry into my organizationalUnit. I use MD5 hashing method while storing password. (with userPassword attribute)

A blog post says the solution is adding ads-pwdcheckquality attribute with value of 0; but it didn't work for me. And also while trying to add this attribute; it gives a warning like this:

Answer 1

You don't need to add a new attribute, you need to edit the server configuration and restart:

1-Open config.ldif in the server folder, search for the string:

ads-pwdcheckquality: 2

and change it to:

ads-pwdcheckquality: 0

2-After that, restart the server and try again. The solution worked for me.