Re: failed to start slapd & can't create password - please help.

[sam <sam@ip6.com.au>]

Hi Gibson,

I just ave the password command working, but it failed at the the final 
step, please see below:

# slappasswd -h {MD5}
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password generation failed for scheme MD5: scheme not recognized

What have I missed?

Thanks
Sam

Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> --On Sunday, June 20, 2010 11:20 AM +1000 sam <sam@ip6.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > With the following setup:
> >
> > hometest:openldap # uname -a
> > FreeBSD hometest.ip6.com.au <http://hometest.ip6.com.au> 8.1-RC1 FreeBSD
> > 8.1-RC1 #0: Fri Jun 18
> > 15:26:58 EST 2010
> > root@hometest.ip6.com.au:/usr/
> > obj/usr/src/sys/mail.db.java.portal
> > i386
> > hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i ldap
> > openldap-sasl-client-2.4.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
> > with SASL2 support
> > openldap-sasl-server-2.4.22 Open source LDAP server implementation
> > hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i db
> > db46-4.6.21.4       The Berkeley DB package, revision 4.6
> > hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i sasl
> > cyrus-sasl-2.1.23   RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security
> > Layer)
> > cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.23 SASL authentication server for cyrus-sasl2
> > openldap-sasl-client-2.4.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
> > with SASL2 support
> > openldap-sasl-server-2.4.22 Open source LDAP server implementation
> >
> > I can't create password for ldap:
> > hometest:openldap # slappasswd -h {MD5} -s password
> > Password generation failed for scheme MD5: scheme not recognized
>
> It wasn't built with MD5 support.  If it is, it works:
>
> [zimbra@freelancer ~]$ /opt/zimbra/openldap/sbin/slappasswd -h {MD5} 
> -s blah
> {MD5}bx7QAqtVlYWQFOvwlRUi2Q==
>
>
>
> > hometest:rc.d # ./slapd start
> > Starting slapd.
> > ./slapd: WARNING: failed to start slapd
>
> Run slapd -d -1 to see why it failed to start.
>
> --Quanah