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-rw-r--r--plugins/check_ldap.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/check_ldap.c b/plugins/check_ldap.c
index bc7bd44c..845a4f52 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ldap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ldap.c
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ validate_arguments ()
set_thresholds(&entries_thresholds,
warn_entries, crit_entries);
}
+ if (ld_passwd==NULL)
+ ld_passwd = getenv("LDAP_PASSWORD");
+
return OK;
}
@@ -465,7 +468,7 @@ print_help (void)
printf (" %s\n", "-D [--bind]");
printf (" %s\n", _("ldap bind DN (if required)"));
printf (" %s\n", "-P [--pass]");
- printf (" %s\n", _("ldap password (if required)"));
+ printf (" %s\n", _("ldap password (if required, or set the password through environment variable 'LDAP_PASSWORD')"));
printf (" %s\n", "-T [--starttls]");
printf (" %s\n", _("use starttls mechanism introduced in protocol version 3"));
printf (" %s\n", "-S [--ssl]");