Thanks a lot for the reply. Thanks, Guruprasad On Nov 25, 2014 8:04 AM, "Andrew Findlay" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 02:01:44PM -0500, Guruprasad Kulkarni wrote: > > > syncrepl rid=000 > > provider=ldap://ldap2.example.com > > type=refreshAndPersist > > retry="5 5 300 +" > > searchbase="dc=example,dc=com" > > attrs="*,+" > > bindmethod=simple > > binddn="cn=admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com" > > credentials=secret > > > My question is - Do the credentials have to be clear text passwords? If > not, > > how do I mention encrypted passwords? (I tried within quotes ' ' and " > ", but > > each time got invalid credentials error) > > This clause configures the client side of the connection, so the > credentials must be a clear text password. > > The other server will have an entry for > cn=admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com > in its database, and the password in that entry should be hashed. > > Obviously you must protect the config file carefully using OS-level > file permissions. > > Andrew > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | From Andrew Findlay, Skills 1st Ltd | > | Consultant in large-scale systems, networks, and directory services | > | http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/ +44 1628 782565 | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >
