From: Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:33:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document fact that rootpw need not be cleartext.
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Document fact that rootpw need not be cleartext.
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diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index a53a3c41bf..3d7831293d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ Specify the DN of an entry that is not subject to access control
 or administrative limit restrictions for operations on this database.
 .TP
 .B rootpw <password>
-Specify a password for the rootdn.
+Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn.
+This option accepts all password formats known to the server
+including \fB{SHA}\fP, \fB{MD5}\fP, \fB{CRYPT}\fP, and cleartext.  
+Cleartext passwords are not recommended.
 .TP
 .B suffix <dn suffix>
 Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to this