How to obfuscate password (binddn) in sssd.conf?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Is it possible to avoid having a cleartext password in this option in sssd.conf?

ldap_default_authtok = xxxxxx

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • SSSD

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