SET LDAPPASSWORD (Set the LDAP password for the server)

Use this command to define a password for the user or account ID that you specified by using the SET LDAPUSER command.

Requirement: You must define the LDAPURL option and issue the SET LDAPUSER command before you issue the SET LDAPPASSWORD command. If the LDAPURL option is not defined when you set the user password for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, you must restart the IBM Spectrum® Protect server after you define the LDAPURL option.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax

Parameters

ldap_user_password

Specifies the password that the IBM Spectrum Protect server uses when it authenticates to the LDAP server. The minimum length of the password is 8 characters unless a different value is specified by using the SET MINPWLENGTH command. The maximum length of the password is 64 characters. If you have equal signs within your password, you must contain the whole password within quotation marks. You can use the following characters:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` ( ) 
| { } [ ] : ; < > , ? / ~

Example: Set an LDAP password

set ldappassword LdAp20&12PaSsWoRd

Example: Set an LDAP password that includes an equal sign

set ldappassword "LdAp=LastWoRd"

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to SET LDAPPASSWORD
Command	Description
AUDIT LDAPDIRECTORY	Audit an IBM Spectrum Protect-controlled namespace on an LDAP directory server.
SET DEFAULTAUTHENTICATION	Specifies the default password authentication method for any REGISTER NODE or REGISTER ADMIN commands.
SET LDAPUSER	Sets the user who oversees the passwords and administrators on the LDAP directory server.