Re: FW: root password security in slapd.conf (fyi)

[Jason Bodnar <jbodnar@tivoli.com>]

Use -W. (Caps). It'll allow you to enter the password seperate from the
command line. See man ldapsearch.

At 09:39 AM 5/26/99 +0800, S.T. Wong wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Is it possible to do the same thing in ldapsearch command line option "-w"?
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Regards,
>ST Wong
>
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>S.T. Wong                           | Email: st-wong@cuhk.edu.hk
>
>Forwarded message:
> 
>> Has nothing to do with specifying a passwd file. You simply add:
>> 
>> rootdn  "cn=root, o=My Company"
>> rootpw  {crypt}mycryptedpassword
>> 
>> to slapd.conf in the backend section.
>> 
>> Keep in mind, I think you have to turn crypted passwords on when you build
>> slapd.
>> 
>> On 24-May-99 Himanshu wrote:
>> > 
>> > 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
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> 
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