LDAP - Create encrypted user password

In Person object class, there is a userPassword attribute and LDAP usually use this to store user password.

To add an encrypted password to the LDAP userPassword attribute, you could

1. Use ldappasswd command

ldappasswd -xv -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -w secret -S "cn=user1,dc=example,dc=com"

where

x --> Use simple authentication
v --> Run in verbose
D --> bind DN
w --> password for simple authentication
-S --> prompt for new password

2. Use slappasswd command

$ /usr/local/sbin/slappasswd
New password:
Re-enter new password:
{SSHA}a6a4/lrXhERF&14qesnZZAAkCgIUvSDOx

It will ask for your password and generate a SSHA password. Copy the output and put at the userPassword attribute in your ldif file.