[Fedora-directory-users] Windows Syn - PassSync holds service password in clear text in registry

Nathan Kinder nkinder at redhat.com
Wed Oct 25 04:52:33 UTC 2006


Philip Kime wrote:
> I asked our AD admins to install PassSync for testing and they refused 
> as they claim that it holds the service password in the registry in 
> clear text. Anybody know anything about this?
Yes, the password for the replication bind DN configured in Fedora 
Directory Server must be stored in the registry on the domain 
controller.  Why not just restrict access to the specific registry key 
that contains the password to the "Administrator" user?

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