RHEL6 openldap server


Please note that all double quote characters in this example are plain ASCII ” characters not typographical ones!

Step 1: first we need to install the required packages:

#yum install openldap-servers migrationtools

Step2: As the configuration for LDAP is stored inside the LDAP server itself the configuration has to be done by editing LDIF files under the /etc/openldap/slapd.d/ directory.

Now create the ldap password:

#slappasswd

you’ll get something like this ”{SSHA}r2or9...
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