Re: root dn password: which one is the reference?

Jephte Clain wrote:

I have an ldap server with rootdn cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=tld and password set in cn=config (this is openldap 2.4.40 on debian squeeze)

I have also the ldap objet cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=tld in the database, with a *different* password

both password seem to authenticate. is this expected?

IIRC it always worked like this.

Being able to regularly change the root dn password looks like a good thing to me.

If you want security then avoid using rootpw. There is no serious use-case where you have to bind as rootdn via remote LDAP. And for repairing defects locally use a authz-regexp for LDAPI access with SASL/EXTERNAL bind of user root.

Ciao, Michael.