[Fedora-directory-users] UserPassword value in backend?

Hai, How the value of 'userpassword' is stored in the database(BDB)? I added an entry by specifying the following attributes, dn: uid=exuser,ou=People, dc=example,dc=com uid: exuser uid: 100 givenName: exuser userPassword: exuser123 objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetorgperson cn: exuser sn: exuser The user is added to the database succefully.I can able to see the encrypted password while retrieving it (but i am adding it using the clear text format). I want to know how the password is actually stored in the database? Pls advice me. --- Regards, Hariharan.R