Starting service ns-slapd on linux when SSL activated

Hi everyone !
I had to activate the SSL option in my sunone directory server on linux.
When the service must restart (reboot for example), the following message appears :
Starting SUNONE Directory server: Enter PIN for Internal (Software) Token:
The directory server is waiting for the password associated to the certificate.
I've created a file with the password (in clear !!!) and adapted the start command but I don' t like this solution :
./ns-slapd -D /home/SunOne/slapd-xxx -i /home/SunOne/slapd-xxx/logs/pid "$@" < /tmp/passwordfile.tmp
Does anybody have another solution more "secure" ?
Thanks !

It seems that how to do this is documented, but not at the right location, nor properly.
Anyway, here's how to do this:
Create a ServerRoot/alias/slapd-serverID-pin.txt file, containing the password required to start the instance automatically in secure mode. This allows the cluster to restart the data service without human intervention.
The exact format of the slapd-serverID-pin.txt is :
Internal (Software) Token:<secret>
Regards,
Ludo

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