(ITS#6702) slappasswd prompts missing

[gessel@blackrosetech.com]

Full_Name: David Gessel
Version: openldap-sasl-server-2.4.23
OS: FreeBSD 8.1
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (66.93.181.141)


Attempting to insert a hash of the root pw into slapd.conf with the command:
# slappasswd >> slapd.conf  
yields a blank prompt, that is there is no feedback to prompt the user along the
lines of:
"Enter root password"
and
"Verify root password"

But entering the root password twice with no feedback (and blank characters for
security, so completely blind) gets through the command successfully.