slappasswd(8)

NAME

       slappasswd - OpenLDAP password utility

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/slappasswd   [-v]   [-u]   [-g|-s secret|-T file]   [-h hash]
       [-c salt-format] [-n] [-o option[=value]]

DESCRIPTION

       Slappasswd is used to generate an userPassword value suitable  for  use
       with ldapmodify(1), slapd.conf(5) rootpw configuration directive or the
       slapd-config(5) olcRootPW configuration directive.

OPTIONS

       -v     enable verbose mode.

       -u     Generate RFC 2307 userPassword  values  (the  default).   Future
              versions  of  this  program may generate alternative syntaxes by
              default.  This option is provided for forward compatibility.

       -s secret
              The secret to hash.  If this, -g and -T  are  absent,  the  user
              will  be  prompted  for  the  secret to hash.  -s, -g and -T are
              mutually exclusive flags.

       -g     Generate the secret.  If this, -s and -T are  absent,  the  user
              will  be  prompted  for  the  secret to hash.  -s, -g and -T are
              mutually exclusive flags.  If this is  present,  {CLEARTEXT}  is
              used as scheme.  -g and -h are mutually exclusive flags.

       -T "file"
              Hash  the  contents of the file.  If this, -g and -s are absent,
              the user will be prompted for the secret to hash.  -s, -g and -T
              and mutually exclusive flags.

       -h "scheme"
              If -h is specified, one of the following RFC 2307 schemes may be
              specified: {CRYPT},  {MD5},  {SMD5},  {SSHA},  and  {SHA}.   The
              default is {SSHA}.

              Note that scheme names may need to be protected, due to { and },
              from expansion by the user's command interpreter.

              {SHA} and {SSHA} use the SHA-1 algorithm (FIPS 160-1), the  lat-
              ter with a seed.

              {MD5}  and  {SMD5}  use the MD5 algorithm (RFC 1321), the latter
              with a seed.

              {CRYPT} uses the crypt(3).

              {CLEARTEXT} indicates that the new password should be  added  to
              userPassword  as  clear  text.  Unless {CLEARTEXT} is used, this
              flag is incompatible with option -g.

       -c crypt-salt-format
              Specify the format of the salt passed to crypt(3) when  generat-
              ing  {CRYPT}  passwords.   This string needs to be in sprintf(3)
              format and may include one (and only one) %s  conversion.   This
              conversion  will  be substituted with a string of random charac-
              ters from [A-Za-z0-9./].  For example,  '%.2s'  provides  a  two
              character  salt and '$1$%.8s' tells some versions of crypt(3) to
              use an MD5 algorithm and provides 8 random characters  of  salt.
              The default is '%s', which provides 31 characters of salt.

       -n     Omit the trailing newline; useful to pipe the credentials into a
              command.

       -o option[=value]
              Specify an option with a(n optional)  value.   Possible  generic
              options/values are:

                     module-path=<pathspec> (see `modulepath' in slapd.conf(5))
                     module-load=<filename> (see `moduleload' in slapd.conf(5))

              You can load a dynamically loadable password hash module by
              using this option.

LIMITATIONS

       The practice of storing hashed passwords in userPassword violates Stan-
       dard Track (RFC 4519) schema specifications and may  hinder  interoper-
       ability.   A new attribute type, authPassword, to hold hashed passwords
       has been defined (RFC 3112), but is not yet implemented in slapd(8).

       It should also be noted that the behavior of crypt(3) is platform  spe-
       cific.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

       Use  of  hashed  passwords  does  not protect passwords during protocol
       transfer.  TLS or other eavesdropping protections  should  be  in-place
       before using LDAP simple bind.

       The  hashed  password  values should be protected as if they were clear
       text passwords.

SEE ALSO

       ldappasswd(1), ldapmodify(1), slapd(8), slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5),
       RFC 2307, RFC 4519, RFC 3112

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP  Software  is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from  Univer-
       sity of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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