Encrypting the Password

Entries in the libtcl.cfg file are in human-readable format. SAP ASE 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. pwdcrypt is located in %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS%\bin.

From the %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS% directory, enter:

bin/pwdcrypt

Enter your password twice when prompted.

pwdcrypt 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:

ldap=libsybdldap.dll
ldap://ldaphost/dc=sybase,dc=com??one??bindname=uid=Manager,dc=sybase,
dc=com?password

Replace the password with the encrypted string:

ldap=libsybdldap.dll
ldap://ldaphost/dc=sybase,dc=com??one??bindname=uid=Manager,dc=sybase,dc=com?
0x01312a775ab9d5c71f99f05f7712d2cded2i8d0ae1ce78868d0e8669313d1bc4c706

Warning! Even if your password is encrypted, you should still protect it using file-system security.