Re: slappasswd compiles but fails to work without --enable-crypt (ITS#2906)

[cat@reptiles.org]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 01:00 PM 1/7/2004, cat@reptiles.org wrote:
> >Full_Name: Cat Okita
> >Version: 2.1.25
> >OS: RedHat 7.3
> >URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> >Submission from: (NULL) (64.241.93.62)
> >
> >
> >When openldap is compiled without the --enable-crypt option [and I suspect that
> >this may also be true for --enable-sasl], slappasswd is compiled and installed,
> >but does not function correctly [returns an error message].
>
> To function "correctly" requires, in many cases, return the
> return of an error message.  For your report, I cannot tell
> whether the output is correct for the input (as you provided
> neither).
>
> Please provide a sample of the input and output and detail
> why you believe the output to be incorrect.

Looking over things today, it appears that the compilation options were a
red herring [although setting the default to -only- compile plain text
authentication is a bit strange, IMHO].

I've solved the problem, but also identified some sources for
correction:

The documentation states that:

	/usr/local/sbin/slappasswd -h {CRYPT}
	New password:
	Re-enter new password:
	Password generation failed.

should function as expected. As it turns out, the format should
actually be:

	/usr/local/sbin/slappasswd -h '{CRYPT}'
	New password:
	Re-enter new password:
	{CRYPT}DMWh.dJyy54xg

I also tried:

	/usr/local/sbin/slappasswd -h CRYPT
	New password:
	Re-enter new password:
	Password generation failed.

just to see.

The output is incorrect IMHO, because it doesn't indicate why the
password generation failed in enough detail to indicate the source of
the issue. Similarly, the documenation (via the man page) is actually
incorrect.

cheers!
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