On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 03:30:14PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > Package: slapd > Version: 2.4.23-7.2 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/sbin/slappasswd
> I have a working setup where I create ldap accounts on an admin box, > using ldapvi. I'd like to generate ldap password on that box, not on the > server, and do everything using ldap protocol. > Currently, the slappassword is in the slapd package, which I dont really > need / want to install on my admin box. Could it be moved somewhere > else? It seems that it doesn't fit in ldap-utils because it's > openldap specific, but I'm not sure putting it alone in a slapd-utils > package makes sense. $ stat /usr/sbin/slappasswd |grep Links Device: fe00h/65024d Inode: 214165 Links: 9 $ It's an unfortunate implementation detail of slappasswd that this is a hard link to slapd itself. So no, it can't really be moved to another package in its current form, IMHO. > Another thing is why is it installed in /usr/sbin? As far as I can tell, > it only *generates* the salted, hashed password and print it to stdout. > Nothing really needs root permissions, so I'm not sure why it couldn't > live in /usr/bin. Yes, that makes sense to me. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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