[Fedora-directory-users] How to change password storage method?

Pete Rowley prowley at redhat.com
Thu Mar 29 17:38:05 UTC 2007


Andy Schofield wrote:
>> My real problem is that clients are broadcasting passwords in the
>> clear (despite pam being told to use md5 with ldap). I am assuming
>> that is because the ldap server is using SSHA and pam is using md5 so
>> they negotiate to send passwords in the clear. Does that sound right?
>>     
>
> However - it has not solved this problem. The password is still being
> sent in the clear. I have /etc/ldap.conf including the line:
>   
What you need is not a hashed password sent over the wire (which 
achieves very little) but an encrypted transport using SSL, or SASL and 
kerberos.

-- 
Pete

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