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Re: crypt passwords

To: HJohnson@1ClickCharge.com
Subject: Re: crypt passwords
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <kurt@boolean.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:35:08 -0800
Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <D142876FBA99D211A29500105A9A56A9130D03@NYEX1>

At 10:54 AM 12/14/99 -0500, HJohnson@1ClickCharge.com wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>If I ./configure openldap with 
>
>  --enable-cleartext  enable cleartext passwords (yes)
>  --enable-crypt      enable crypt(3) passwords (auto)
>
>and
>
> --enable-wrappers   enable tcp wrapper support (no)
>
>should there then be an attribute in the slapd.oc.conf for cryptpassword?

no. crypt passwords (and MD5 and SHA1 passwords) are stored in userPassword
as outlined in RFC 2307.

>How do I enter the 'manager' password (and all user passwords) so they are
>encrypted?

You can cut and paste from /etc/password or use a tool to generate
the encoded hashed password string.

----
Kurt D. Zeilenga		<kurt@boolean.net>
Net Boolean Incorporated	<http://www.boolean.net/>

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