ldapbindpasswd parameter value encrypted

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/auth-ldap.html
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Hello team,
may you please explain if there is a way to store in pg_hba.conf file the
value of parameter ldapbindpasswd crypted in some way?
Thanks

#2Bruce Momjian
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In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: ldapbindpasswd parameter value encrypted

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 02:11:45PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/auth-ldap.html
Description:

Hello team,
may you please explain if there is a way to store in pg_hba.conf file the
value of parameter ldapbindpasswd crypted in some way?

No, not really. This has a problem similar to encrypting pgpass, which
I described here:

https://momjian.us/main/blogs/pgblog/2021.html#May_28_2021
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