Re: [Fwd] Net::LDAP api talking to Netscape Directory server

[Ron H. <th...@cc...>]

> > 
> > 	The configuration tool provided by Netscape was happy to do it for
> > 	me.....
> Question.  For a bind, isn't the password sent in plaintext?  That's how
> IBM and OpenLDAP servers work.  The server does the encoding and compares it
> with the stored password.  If so then the password should not be encoded.

	That was my thought also but the slapd.conf file has a
	SHA encrypted password in rootpw attribute.

	Who knew.

	r