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seldapcred Utility—Encrypt and Store a Credential

Valid on UNIX

The seldapcred utility encrypts and stores a credential you provide. This credential is used by LDAP-enabled CA ControlMinder utilities (such as sebuildla) for retrieving data from an LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT). Together with the value of the ldap_userdn token in the [seos] section of the seos.ini file, it lets the utility authenticate to the LDAP service. For a simple authentication, the credential is a password corresponding to the ldap_userdn value. For SASL authentication, the credential has different semantics.

The seldapcred utility writes the encrypted credential to ACInstallDir/etc/ldapcred.dat

This command has the following format:

seldapcred [-h] [-w [credential]]

-h

Displays the help for this utility.

-w [credential]

Specifies the credential you want seldapcred to encrypt and store. If you do not provide input to the seldapcred utility, it prompts you to enter this value. By using the interactive mode in this way, you prevent exposing the credential to other users.

More information:

sebuildla Utility—Create a Lookaside Database