RE: root password security in slapd.conf

["Matz, Guy" <guy.matz@csfb.com>]

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
> 
>