Authentication Plugins • authentication_ldap_simple_bind_root_pwd • authentication_ldap_simple_ca_path For simple LDAP authentication, the password for the root distinguished name. This variable is used in conjunction with  authentication_ldap_simple_bind_root_dn . See the description of that variable. Command-Line Format --authentication-ldap-simple-bind- root-pwd=value System Variable authentication_ldap_simple_bind_root_pwd Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type String Default Value NULL Command-Line Format --authentication-ldap-simple-ca- path=value System Variable authentication_ldap_simple_ca_path Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type String Default Value NULL For simple LDAP authentication, the absolute path of the certificate authority file. Specify this file if it is desired that the authentication plugin perform verification of the LDAP server certificate. In addition to setting the  authentication_ldap_simple_ca_path  variable to the file name, you must add the appropriate certificate authority certificates to the file and enable the  authentication_ldap_simple_tls  system variable. These variables can be set to override the default OpenLDAP TLS configuration; see LDAP Pluggable Authentication and ldap.conf Note • authentication_ldap_simple_group_search_attr Command-Line Format --authentication-ldap-simple-group- search-attr=value System Variable authentication_ldap_simple_group_search_attr Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type String 1372