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Re: Patch to make 'ldapmodify -WW' read password from stdin



At 01:47 AM 2002-08-14, Andrew Findlay wrote:
>Don't forget that the tools already read config files:
>        $HOME/ldaprc, $HOME/.ldaprc, $CWD/ldaprc

IMO, use of ldaprc files for passwords (or files pointed
to passwords) should be avoided as this would require
the library to maintain knowledge of the user password
for an extended period of time.

Kurt