RE: root password security in slapd.conf

[Himanshu <hshah0@sac.cc.uky.edu>]

but where in the slapd.conf file do we really say that it has to take the
password from the passwd file. I mean slapd.conf never specifies a unix
user name or uid so as to extract password from passwd file.

Himanshu

On Mon, 24 May 1999, Matz, Guy wrote:

> i believe, and someone, please correct me, that the crypt passwd is the same
> as you'd see it in a UNIX passwd file.  having said that, i don't know how
> you'd change the password, short of chnaging your UNIX pasword to what you
> want the slapd password to be, and cutting and pasting from /etc/passwd to
> slapd.conf . . . .
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Himanshu [SMTP:hshah0@sac.cc.uky.edu]
> > Sent:	Monday, May 24, 1999 4:03 PM
> > To:	OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
> > Subject:	root password security in slapd.conf
> >
> >
> > At present, I am using clear text password for rootpw in slapd.conf file.
> > I want to avoid that by using {crypt} but have no idea about any
> > cryptography stuff. Can anyone help me out with this.
> >
> > Where will I be storing root password (if at all) ?
> > How will the authentication take place ??
> >
> > Thanks
> > Himanshu
> >
> >
>