Re: slurpd -d9 --- Invalid credentials

[Aaron Richton <richton@nbcs.rutgers.edu>]

> Just curious, anyway I can use encrypted passwd for the proxyuser also? 
> This passwd is currently in /etc/ldap.secret with perm 0600 in clear 
> text.  I've read that this has to be on every system (ldap server or 
> client).

Whenever you are using a simple bind mechanism, you will need to store the 
credentials in plaintext or the moral equivalent of plaintext. This 
applies for replication, proxyuser, Any Old User Off The Street, etc., so 
long as they're using simple bind.