ldapsearch in monitoring script without bind password written in script

[Sven Aluoor <aluoor () gmail com>]

Hi

I do a very simple monitoring of our OpenLDAP (runs in cronjob and
generate alerts if unsuccessfully)

$ ldapsearch -h hostname.domain -D
"cn=monitor_user,ou=People,dc=organisation" -w "password" -b
"dc=organisation" -x "(&(cn=monitor_user)(ou=People))" dn | grep -v
version

dn: cn=monitor_user,ou=People,dc=organisation

My problem is that the password is written in clear text in script
(see -w "password"). How to do without writing password in UNIX
script?

cheers Sven
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