LPIC-2 Exam 202 (Linux Engineer) — Question 40

How is the LDAP administrator account configured when the rootdn and rootpw directives are not present in the slapd.conf file?

Answer options

• A. The default account admin with the password admin are used
• B. The account is defined by an ACL in slapd.conf
• C. The default account admin is used without a password
• D. The account is defined in the file /etc/ldap.secret
• E. The account is defined in the file /etc/ldap.root.conf

Correct answer: B

Explanation

When the rootdn and rootpw directives are absent, the LDAP administrator account is specified through an Access Control List (ACL) within slapd.conf, making option B correct. The other options are incorrect as they imply the use of default credentials or other files which do not define the administrator account in this context.