Re: possible to use webPassword or mailPassword for auth ?

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Kettig Thomas wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to configure openldap to allow users to bind with a password
> stored in an attribute other than userPassword?

IMHO no.

> We're setting up ldap for web
> authentication and mail authentication. Is it possible to use webPassword
> for web authentication
> and mailPassword for mailserver authentication?

Note that userPassword is multi-valued => it can store several
different passwords if your password setting LDAP application is
aware of doing so. Though I'm not sure if it's a really
recommendable thing to do.

Ciao, Michael.