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Re: passwords in slapd.conf



At 09:58 AM 10/23/00 -0600, Justin Wood wrote:
>When defining replica hosts in slapd.conf, I've found it necessary to
>put the password in plain text (credentials=plaintext).

Yes.  LDAP clients, such as slurpd, must specify the actual
password when authenticating.  The password hash schemes
are specifically designed not to be directly useful to a
client.