Re: using -y option for ldapsearch

[SATOH Fumiyasu <fumiyas@osstech.jp>]

Oops...

At Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:07:46 +0900,
SATOH Fumiyasu wrote:
> If the pwdfile contains LF (\x0a) or others, strip it.
> OpenLDAP ldap* commands use the entire contents in a pwdfile.
> I think this is a bad design...
> 
> Try:
> 
>   $ (umask 0077; echo -n "DN's password" >pwdfile)
>   $ 

    $ ldapsearch -x -h <Machine> -p <port> -s one -D <DN> -b <BASE_DN> -y pwdfile
> 
> or:
> 
>   $ tr -d '\n' <pwdfile \
>   |ldapsearch -x -h <Machine> -p <port> -s one -D <DN> -b <BASE_DN> -y /dev/stdin
> 
> IIRC, older OpenLDAP ldap* commands cannot use /dev/stdin for
> the -y option.