Re: crypted password in slapd.conf

[Andrew McCall <it.andrew.mccall@oldham.gov.uk>]

On Monday 27 May 2002 10:30 am, Pierre BARIDON wrote:
> hi,
>
> how can i crypt the password in the slapd.conf, please ?
>
> thanks
>
> Pierre

I created a user with the password I wanted in slapd.conf, and copied the encrypted password from that user into the slapd.conf, then deleted that user.

Probably not the best way to do it, but it worked! :)

There are also scripts that will generate a hashed password that you could use, do a search on google.

-- 
Thanks

Andrew McCall
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