How to create encrypted password via command line

[Nigel Wade]

Anne Moore wrote:
> Absolutely, I agree. 
> 
> I have tried to find documentation on getting nss_ldap to work correctly on
> each Red Hat client box, but after various tries, various openldap forums, I
> had no luck. In fact, when I posted the question to the OpenLdap forum, none
> there had a clue. They told that the passwd command should "just work" once
> Openldap is working and authenticating.
> 
> If you know of the proper configuration documentation for nss_ldap that
> explains how to configure to get the regular passwd feature working I would
> love to read it!
> 

Has slapd.conf been configured to allow users write permission to their 
passwords? AFAIK, that's all that is required beyond normal nss_ldap 
configuration.

When you attempt to change a password with the passwd command nss_ldap 
will bind to the LDAP server as the user, and attempt to modify the 
password. If you can run your LDAP without SSL temporarily you can 
capture the transaction with wireshark and see what's going on.

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