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Old 08-12-2010, 02:41 PM   #1
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Question Password Encryption


Is there a utility used to encrypt a password for use with LDAP?
 
Old 08-12-2010, 06:03 PM   #2
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what type of encryption?

md5, sha-1, sha-256, sha-512?
 
Old 08-13-2010, 08:56 AM   #3
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Chap 31 http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/
 
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Hi,

Maybe it is mentioned in the link chrism01 posted, but slappasswd comes to mind. Here a direct link to the slappasswd(8) - Linux man page

Hope this helps.
 
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I would like to thank all of you for your help.

drunna, slappasswd is what I was looking for, thanks again.
 
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