Thank you all for your answers! I will definitely try the Kerberos option. -Mehmet
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Prentice Bisbal <prent...@ias.edu> wrote: > I think Kerberos authentication will do what you need. This will require > setting up a kerberos server, but that's not too difficult, but if this > is the only think you need it for, it might be overkill. > > Prentice > > On 08/12/2011 10:30 AM, Mehmet wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Your great replies to my previous question encouraged me to ask your > opinion > > on another issue that is not directly related to perl-LDAP, but rather to > > LDAP itself. I am sorry if this is out-of-context, and please ignore this > > email if you think it is, but here it comes: > > > > Is there a way to use methods that require write access (add, delete, > etc) > > without providing a password? I want my script run as a cronjob and I do > not > > want to keep the password in a file or the code itself. In particular, I > > would like to give LDAP-write access to a unix user, say "ldap". I was > > wondering if it is possible to tell ldap server that 'ldap' user is the > > Manager? If not, is there a good way to hide the password in Perl? > > > > Thanks a lot! > > -Mehmet > > > -- ========================================= Mehmet Belgin, Ph.D. (mehmet.bel...@oit.gatech.edu) Scientific Computing Consultant | OIT - Academic and Research Technologies Georgia Institute of Technology 258 Fourth Street, Rich Building, Room 326 Atlanta, GA 30332-0700 Office: (404) 385-0665
