RE: root password security in slapd.conf

[Alan Thew <Alan.Thew@liverpool.ac.uk>]

Yes (we use netscape's slapd). We use the passwd file to master our data.

-- 
Alan Thew

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
> > 
> > 
>