Add option 'modPassPlain' to send plaintext password updates to LDAP server #3634
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This adds an additional option
modPassPlain
to the authldap plugin. Sending a password update to an LDAP server in plaintext is useful is a few cases:nsslapd-allow-hashed-passwords
is off per default on 389ds and RHDS). Using plaintext passwords allows binding with a service account or as user with less privilegesThis obviously should only be used via a secure or private communication channel (ldaps, starttls, ldapi).