Ubuntu 10.04 ldap creates admin user with two (plain text) passwords

[halfgaar]

In [1], the way the admin user is configured is wrong. You shouldn't make a admin user in ou=people *and* set a olcRootPW as well. See [2]. If you do specify a olcRootPW, don't make the admin user. If you do both, you can have an admin user with two passwords (which I had).

Also, the password is supplied in plain text, meaning the server also stores it as plain text (do:

ldapsearch -LLL -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config

so see your password in the tree).

Instead, generate a hash with slappasswd.

So, either use olcRootPW or make an admin entry in ou=people. The 12.04 docs seem to do it right (they make the entry without rootpw).

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/openldap-server.html
[2] http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/access-control.html#Controlling%20rootdn%20access

[Peter Matulis (petermatulis)]

Agreed, but we won't be making any corrections to the 10.04 Server Guide. I'm marking this one as 'Won't Fix'. Sorry.