Resolves: 170461

Summary: Remove dependency on Term::ReadKey for password prompting in Perl scripts.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/ldap/admin/src/scripts/template-db2ldif.pl.in b/ldap/admin/src/scripts/template-db2ldif.pl.in
index 127c72fe..af5f0d7e 100644
--- a/ldap/admin/src/scripts/template-db2ldif.pl.in
+++ b/ldap/admin/src/scripts/template-db2ldif.pl.in
@@ -179,17 +179,15 @@ if ($passwdfile ne ""){
 	close(RPASS);
 } elsif ($passwd eq "-"){
 # Read the password from terminal
-	die "The '-w -' option requires an extension library (Term::ReadKey) which is not\n",
-	    "part of the standard perl distribution. If you want to use it, you must\n",
-	    "download and install the module. You can find it at\n",
-	    "http://www.perl.com/CPAN/CPAN.html\n";
-# Remove the previous line and uncomment the following 6 lines once you have installed Term::ReadKey module.
-# use Term::ReadKey; 
-#	print "Bind Password: ";
-#	ReadMode('noecho'); 
-#	$passwd = ReadLine(0); 
-#	chomp($passwd);
-#	ReadMode('normal');
+	print "Bind Password: ";
+	# Disable console echo
+	system("stty -echo");
+	# read the answer
+	$passwd = <STDIN>;
+	# Enable console echo
+	system("stty echo");
+	print "\n";
+	chop($passwd); # trim trailing newline
 }
 if (($instances[0] eq "" && $included[0] eq "") || $rootdn eq "" || $passwd eq "") { &usage; exit(1); }
 ($s, $m, $h, $dy, $mn, $yr, $wdy, $ydy, $r) = localtime(time);
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ if ($verbose != 0) { $vstr = "-v"; }
 $ENV{'PATH'} = "$prefix@ldapsdk_bindir@:$prefix/usr/bin:@ldapsdk_bindir@:/usr/bin";
 $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = "$prefix@nss_libdir@:$prefix/usr/lib:@nss_libdir@:/usr/lib";
 $ENV{'SHLIB_PATH'} = "$prefix@nss_libdir@:$prefix/usr/lib:@nss_libdir@:/usr/lib";
-print("Exported ldif file: ${ldiffile}\n");
+print("Exporting to ldif file: ${ldiffile}\n");
 open(FOO, "| ldapmodify $vstr -h {{SERVER-NAME}} -p {{SERVER-PORT}} -D \"$rootdn\" -w \"$passwd\" -a" );
 print(FOO "$entry");
 close(FOO);