1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ldap.c b/plugins/check_ldap.c
index 66be4b4..845a4f5 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ldap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ldap.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
         if(entries_thresholds != NULL) {
                 if (verbose) {
                         printf ("entries found: %d\n", num_entries);
-                        print_thresholds("entry threasholds", entries_thresholds);
+                        print_thresholds("entry thresholds", entries_thresholds);
                 }
                 status_entries = get_status(num_entries, entries_thresholds);
                 if (status_entries == STATE_CRITICAL) {
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ validate_arguments ()
                 set_thresholds(&entries_thresholds,
                         warn_entries, crit_entries);
         }
+        if (ld_passwd==NULL)
+                ld_passwd = getenv("LDAP_PASSWORD");
+
         return OK;
 }
 
@@ -465,7 +468,7 @@ print_help (void)
   printf (" %s\n", "-D [--bind]");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap bind DN (if required)"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-P [--pass]");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap password (if required)"));
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("ldap password (if required, or set the password through environment variable 'LDAP_PASSWORD')"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-T [--starttls]");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("use starttls mechanism introduced in protocol version 3"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-S [--ssl]");