.TH SLAPPASSWD 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
slappasswd \- OpenLDAP password utility
The default is
.IR {SSHA} .
+Note that scheme names may need to be protected, due to
+.B {
+and
+.BR } ,
+from expansion by the user's command interpreter.
+
.B {SHA}
and
.B {SSHA}
hashed passwords has been defined (RFC 3112), but is not yet
implemented in
.BR slapd (8).
+.TP
+It should also be noted that the behavior of
+.BR crypt (3)
+is platform specific.
.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"
Use of hashed passwords does not protect passwords during
protocol transfer. TLS or other eavesdropping protections
-should be inplace before using LDAP simple bind. The
-hashed password values should be protected as if they
+should be in\-place before using LDAP simple bind.
+.TP
+The hashed password values should be protected as if they
were clear text passwords.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ldappasswd (1),