LPI
300-100 · Question #25
An administrator has manually migrated local accounts to OpenLDAP, instead of using migration tools. When trying to authenticate as a user, an error is returned about invalid credentials. What is…
The correct answer is A. The password hash type was not included in the user's password attribute. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An administrator has manually migrated local accounts to OpenLDAP, instead of using migration tools. When trying to authenticate as a user, an error is returned about invalid credentials. What is the most likely cause of this?
Options
- AThe password hash type was not included in the user's password attribute.
- BShadow passwords are incompatible with OpenLDAP.
- CThe original password from /etc/passwd was not included.
- DThe administrator forgot to run slappasswd to convert the hashes in /etc/shadow.
- EThe administrator forgot to run ldappasswd to convert the hashes in /etc/shadow.
How the community answered
(68 responses)- A84% (57)
- B4% (3)
- C1% (1)
- D1% (1)
- E9% (6)
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