Entries in the libtcl.cfg and libtcl64.cfg files are in human-readable format. Sybase provides a pwdcrypt utility for basic password encryption. pwdcrypt is a simple algorithm that, when applied to keyboard input, generates an encrypted value that can be substituted for the password. The pwdcrypt utility is located in $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/bin.
From the Open Client and Open Server (OCS) directory, enter the following at your command prompt:
bin/pwdcrypt
When prompted, enter your password twice.
The pwdcrypt utility generates an encrypted password, for example:
0x01312a775ab9d5c71f99f05f7712d2cded2i8d0ae1ce78868d0e8669313d1bc4c706
Copy and paste the encrypted password into the libtcl*.cfg file using any standard ASCII-text editor. Before encryption, the file entry appears as:
The LDAP URL must
be on a single line.
ldap=libsybdldap.so ldap://dolly/dc=sybase,dc=com????bindname=cn=Manager,dc=sybase,dc=com?secret
Replace the password with the encrypted string:
ldap=libsybdldap.so ldap://dolly/dc=sybase,dc=com????bindname=cn=Manager,dc=sybase,dc=com? 0x01312a775ab9d5c71f99f05f7712d2cded2i8d0ae1ce78868d0e8669313d1bc4c706
WARNING! Even if your password is encrypted, you should still protect it using file-system security.
