LOST LDAP Administrator Password

So what do you do when you loose or forget your LDAP Administrator password....don't ask how...

*enter King Kong*
<pre class=command>mkpassdb -setpassword <slot ID>
# where Slot-ID is second value of AuthenticationAuthority in users LDAP entry</pre>see man mkpassdb
mkpassdb actually is for directly manipulation of PasswordServer.
You will probably need:
<pre class=command>mkpassdb -dump</pre>HTH
-Ralph
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