# Changes to querying AD using LDAPHelper in 8.3

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changes-to-querying-ad-using-ldaphelper-in-8-3/111518>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [October 16, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changes-to-querying-ad-using-ldaphelper-in-8-3/111518 "2025-10-16T14:16:00Z")\
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Well, you're already well outside the bounds of supported behavior, so what can it hurt...

You can use `FieldUtils` ([as done here](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-way-to-clear-the-serial-buffer/103240/4)) to read the inner `com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.secrets.Plaintext` field from a `PyPlainText`. The field name is `"wrapped"`.

As in, something like this:

```python
        pySecret = system.security.readSecretValue("abc", "xyz")
        javaSecret = FieldUtils.readField(pySecret, "wrapped", True)
        self.instance.setProfilePassword(javaSecret) # new for 8.3

```

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