# SSSD Manual pages

sss_obfuscate 8
sss_obfuscate obfuscate a clear text password
`sss_obfuscate` options [PASSWORD]

### DESCRIPTION

`sss_obfuscate` converts a given password into human-unreadable format and places it into appropriate domain section of the SSSD config file.

The cleartext password is read from standard input or entered interactively. The obfuscated password is put into ldap_default_authtok parameter of a given SSSD domain and the ldap_default_authtok_type parameter is set to obfuscated_password. Refer to sssd-ldap 5 for more details on these parameters.

Please note that obfuscating the password provides no real security benefit as it is still possible for an attacker to reverse-engineer the password back. Using better authentication mechanisms such as client side certificates or GSSAPI is strongly advised.

### OPTIONS

`-s`,`--stdin`

  The password to obfuscate will be read from standard input.

`-d`,`--domain` DOMAIN

  The SSSD domain to use the password in. The default name is default.

`-f`,`--file` FILE

  Read the config file specified by the positional parameter.

  Default: `/etc/sssd/sssd.conf`