slappasswd(8) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | LIMITATIONS | SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS | SEE ALSO | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | COLOPHON

SLAPPASSWD(8C)                                            SLAPPASSWD(8C)

NAME         top

       slappasswd - OpenLDAP password utility

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       -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
              latter 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
              generating {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 characters 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> [<arguments>...]" (see `moduleload' in slapd.conf(5))

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

LIMITATIONS         top

       The practice of storing hashed passwords in userPassword violates
       Standard Track (RFC 4519) schema specifications and may hinder
       interoperability.  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
       specific.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS         top

       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         top

       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         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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