On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 05:10:40PM +0530, JOYDEEP wrote: > I am using openldap2 and my cyrus -imap is based on ldap authentication. > > in my /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd the password entry is clear text like > ldap_bind_pw: secret > > can I use the encrypted password which I have in slapd.conf file ? No. saslauthd need clear text password for binding procedure. But, you can use anonymous binding (for me it's more secure). WBR. Dmitriy ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html