Re: LDAP Bind Password

On 4/3/18 16:12, Kumar, Virendra wrote:
> Is anybody aware of how to encrypt bind password for ldap authentication
> in pg_hba.conf. Anonymous bind is disabled in our organization so we
> have to use bind ID and password but to keep them as plaintext in
> pg_hba.conf defeat security purposes. We want to either encrypt it or
> authenticate without binding. Any insights into this is appreciated.

You can use the "simple bind" method that is described in the
documentation.  That one doesn't involve a second bind step.

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