Re: bdb encryption

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

ghenry@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
> ----- "Howard Chu"<hyc@symas.com>  wrote:
> > How did you create the file? If you simply created it as a plain text
> > file,
> > then it probably has a trailing NewLine as well. In which case, the
> > NewLine is
> > part of the password...
>
> Checked this and recreated vi vim and just:
>
>   echo testing>  cryptfile.
>
> All results in the same invalid password

Of course, because you're still writing the trailing NewLine. Learn something 
about Unix files and commands... The behavior here is exactly the same as with 
the ldapsearch -y option. Use e.g. "echo -n" (depending on your shell / echo 
implementation)...

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