Re: Is it possible to use Unix user-based authentication for LDAP?

I think Kerberos authentication will do what you need. This will require
setting up a kerberos server, but that's not too difficult, but if this
is the only think you need it for, it might be overkill.

Prentice

On 08/12/2011 10:30 AM, Mehmet wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Your great replies to my previous question encouraged me to ask your opinion
> on another issue that is not directly related to perl-LDAP, but rather to
> LDAP itself. I am sorry if this is out-of-context, and please ignore this
> email if you think it is, but here it comes:
> 
> Is there a way to use methods that require write access (add, delete, etc)
> without providing a password? I want my script run as a cronjob and I do not
> want to keep the password in a file or the code itself. In particular, I
> would like to give LDAP-write access to a unix user, say "ldap". I was
> wondering if it is possible to tell ldap server that 'ldap' user is the
> Manager? If not, is there a good way to hide the password in Perl?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> -Mehmet
>