Re: Reset LDAP Password for root

[Michael StrÃder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Michael StrÃder wrote:
> Uli Kleemann wrote:
> > Installing openldap I made the mistake to follow an old HOWTO and put
> > the root passwort in slapd.conf encrypted as recommend in that HOWTO.
> > So far so good. According to murphyÅ law I didn`t note the plain
> > password so that I know have to reset it. As I couldn`t find a
> > usefull description to do that yet, I would like to ask you for help.
>
> Put the output of slappasswd after directive 'rootdn' and restart the
> server.

1. It's directive 'rootpw' which is the password for the DN specified 
with 'rootdn'.
2. You can also just use a clear-text password as value for directive 
'rootpw'.
3. If an entry exists with exactly the DN like the 'rootdn' and it has 
attribute userPassword set you have to remove userPassword from that 
entry (or the whole entry).

You can manipulate your directory without knowing 'rootpw' by doing 
slapcat, editing the LDIF file and slapadd the whole directory again.

Ciao, Michael.