slappasswd help

bradvan · 12-12-2012, 08:11 AM

I'm trying to document and give step by step details about setting up an LDAP server I'm responsible for (RHEL 6). I'm having a problem with the olcRootPW line. In my script, I was using:

Code:

cd /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config
FIL4=olcDatabase={2}bdb.ldif
echo "olcRootPW: $(slappasswd -s 'PassW0rd\!23')" >> ${FIL4}

This doesn't put PassW0rd!23 (SSHA encrypted) into the config file. If I run slappasswd at the command line and then copy the result into the config file via vi, it works. If I don't put a '\' in front of the exclamation mark, I get: -bash: !23: event not found

Anyone have a suggestion on how I can script the addition of the password to the configuration file?

Thanks!

bradvan · 12-12-2012, 08:37 AM

OK, I figured out a work around. If anyone has a suggestion on how to accomplish in one line, I'd appreciate hearing it.

Code:

FIL6=/tmp/ldap_pass.$$
slappasswd -s 'PassW0rd!23' > ${FIL6}
echo "olcRootPW: $(cat ${FIL6})" >> ${FIL4}
/bin/rm ${FIL6}

Thanks!