Why does ldapsearch -y passwdfile not work well?

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Issue

Why does ldapsearch -y passwdfile not work well?

# ldapsearch -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -W -y passwd.txt 
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)
  • OpenLDAP

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