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SLAPD.CONF(5) File Formats Manual SLAPD.CONF(5)
slapd.conf - configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP
daemon
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
The file ETCDIR/slapd.conf contains configuration information for
the slapd(8) daemon. This configuration file is also used by the
SLAPD tools slapacl(8), slapadd(8), slapauth(8), slapcat(8),
slapdn(8), slapindex(8), slapmodify(8), and slaptest(8).
The slapd.conf file consists of a series of global configuration
options that apply to slapd as a whole (including all backends),
followed by zero or more database backend definitions that
contain information specific to a backend instance. The
configuration options are case-insensitive; their value, on a
case by case basis, may be case-sensitive.
The general format of slapd.conf is as follows:
# comment - these options apply to every database
<global configuration options>
# first database definition & configuration options
database <backend 1 type>
<configuration options specific to backend 1>
# subsequent database definitions & configuration options
...
As many backend-specific sections as desired may be included.
Global options can be overridden in a backend (for options that
appear more than once, the last appearance in the slapd.conf file
is used).
If a line begins with white space, it is considered a
continuation of the previous line. No physical line should be
over 2000 bytes long.
Blank lines and comment lines beginning with a `#' character are
ignored. Note: continuation lines are unwrapped before comment
processing is applied.
Arguments on configuration lines are separated by white space. If
an argument contains white space, the argument should be enclosed
in double quotes. If an argument contains a double quote (`"')
or a backslash character (`\'), the character should be preceded
by a backslash character.
The specific configuration options available are discussed below
in the Global Configuration Options, General Backend Options, and
General Database Options. Backend-specific options are discussed
in the slapd-<backend>(5) manual pages. Refer to the "OpenLDAP
Administrator's Guide" for more details on the slapd
configuration file.
Options described in this section apply to all backends, unless
specifically overridden in a backend definition. Arguments that
should be replaced by actual text are shown in brackets <>.
access to <what> [ by <who> <access> <control> ]+
Grant access (specified by <access>) to a set of entries
and/or attributes (specified by <what>) by one or more
requestors (specified by <who>). If no access controls
are present, the default policy allows anyone and everyone
to read anything but restricts updates to rootdn. (e.g.,
"access to * by * read"). The rootdn can always read and
write EVERYTHING! See slapd.access(5) and the "OpenLDAP's
Administrator's Guide" for details.
allow <features>
Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
allow (default none). bind_v2 allows acceptance of LDAPv2
bind requests. Note that slapd(8) does not truly
implement LDAPv2 (RFC 1777), now Historic (RFC 3494).
bind_anon_cred allows anonymous bind when credentials are
not empty (e.g. when DN is empty). bind_anon_dn allows
unauthenticated (anonymous) bind when DN is not empty.
update_anon allows unauthenticated (anonymous) update
operations to be processed (subject to access controls and
other administrative limits). proxy_authz_anon allows
unauthenticated (anonymous) proxy authorization control to
be processed (subject to access controls, authorization
and other administrative limits).
argsfile <filename>
The (absolute) name of a file that will hold the slapd
server's command line (program name and options).
attributeoptions [option-name]...
Define tagging attribute options or option tag/range
prefixes. Options must not end with `-', prefixes must
end with `-'. The `lang-' prefix is predefined. If you
use the attributeoptions directive, `lang-' will no longer
be defined and you must specify it explicitly if you want
it defined.
An attribute description with a tagging option is a
subtype of that attribute description without the option.
Except for that, options defined this way have no special
semantics. Prefixes defined this way work like the
`lang-' options: They define a prefix for tagging options
starting with the prefix. That is, if you define the
prefix `x-foo-', you can use the option `x-foo-bar'.
Furthermore, in a search or compare, a prefix or range
name (with a trailing `-') matches all options starting
with that name, as well as the option with the range name
sans the trailing `-'. That is, `x-foo-bar-' matches
`x-foo-bar' and `x-foo-bar-baz'.
RFC 4520 reserves options beginning with `x-' for private
experiments. Other options should be registered with
IANA, see RFC 4520 section 3.5. OpenLDAP also has the
`binary' option built in, but this is a transfer option,
not a tagging option.
attributetype ( <oid> [NAME <name>] [DESC <description>]
[OBSOLETE] [SUP <oid>] [EQUALITY <oid>] [ORDERING <oid>]
[SUBSTR <oid>] [SYNTAX <oidlen>] [SINGLE-VALUE]
[COLLECTIVE] [NO-USER-MODIFICATION]
[USAGE <attributeUsage>] )
Specify an attribute type using the LDAPv3 syntax defined
in RFC 4512. The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512
definition by allowing string forms as well as numeric
OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and attribute syntax
OID. (See the objectidentifier description.)
authid-rewrite<cmd> <args>
Used by the authentication framework to convert simple
user names to an LDAP DN used for authorization purposes.
Its purpose is analogous to that of authz-regexp (see
below). The prefix authid- is followed by a set of rules
analogous to those described in slapo-rwm(5) for data
rewriting (replace the rwm- prefix with authid-).
authid-rewrite<cmd> and authz-regexp rules should not be
intermixed.
authz-policy <policy>
Used to specify which rules to use for Proxy
Authorization. Proxy authorization allows a client to
authenticate to the server using one user's credentials,
but specify a different identity to use for authorization
and access control purposes. It essentially allows user A
to login as user B, using user A's password. The none
flag disables proxy authorization. This is the default
setting. The from flag will use rules in the authzFrom
attribute of the authorization DN. The to flag will use
rules in the authzTo attribute of the authentication DN.
The any flag, an alias for the deprecated value of both,
will allow any of the above, whatever succeeds first
(checked in to, from sequence. The all flag requires both
authorizations to succeed.
The rules are mechanisms to specify which identities are
allowed to perform proxy authorization. The authzFrom
attribute in an entry specifies which other users are
allowed to proxy login to this entry. The authzTo
attribute in an entry specifies which other users this
user can authorize as. Use of authzTo rules can be easily
abused if users are allowed to write arbitrary values to
this attribute. In general the authzTo attribute must be
protected with ACLs such that only privileged users can
modify it. The value of authzFrom and authzTo describes
an identity or a set of identities; it can take five
forms:
ldap:///<base>??[<scope>]?<filter>
dn[.<dnstyle>]:<pattern>
u[.<mech>[/<realm>]]:<pattern>
group[/objectClass[/attributeType]]:<pattern>
<pattern>
<dnstyle>:={exact|onelevel|children|subtree|regex}
The first form is a valid LDAP URI where the
<host>:<port>, the <attrs> and the <extensions> portions
must be absent, so that the search occurs locally on
either authzFrom or authzTo.
The second form is a DN. The optional dnstyle modifiers
exact, onelevel, children, and subtree provide exact,
onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
<pattern> to be normalized according to the DN
normalization rules. The special dnstyle modifier regex
causes the <pattern> to be treated as a POSIX
(''extended'') regular expression, as discussed in
regex(7) and/or re_format(7). A pattern of * means any
non-anonymous DN.
The third form is a SASL id. The optional fields <mech>
and <realm> allow specification of a SASL mechanism, and
eventually a SASL realm, for those mechanisms that support
one. The need to allow the specification of a mechanism
is still debated, and users are strongly discouraged to
rely on this possibility.
The fourth form is a group specification. It consists of
the keyword group, optionally followed by the
specification of the group objectClass and attributeType.
The objectClass defaults to groupOfNames. The
attributeType defaults to member. The group with DN
<pattern> is searched with base scope, filtered on the
specified objectClass. The values of the resulting
attributeType are searched for the asserted DN.
The fifth form is provided for backwards compatibility.
If no identity type is provided, i.e. only <pattern> is
present, an exact DN is assumed; as a consequence,
<pattern> is subjected to DN normalization.
Since the interpretation of authzFrom and authzTo can
impact security, users are strongly encouraged to
explicitly set the type of identity specification that is
being used. A subset of these rules can be used as third
arg in the authz-regexp statement (see below);
significantly, the URI, provided it results in exactly one
entry, and the dn.exact:<dn> forms.
authz-regexp <match> <replace>
Used by the authentication framework to convert simple
user names, such as provided by SASL subsystem, or
extracted from certificates in case of cert-based SASL
EXTERNAL, or provided within the RFC 4370 "proxied
authorization" control, to an LDAP DN used for
authorization purposes. Note that the resulting DN need
not refer to an existing entry to be considered valid.
When an authorization request is received from the SASL
subsystem, the SASL USERNAME, REALM, and MECHANISM are
taken, when available, and combined into a name of the
form
UID=<username>[[,CN=<realm>],CN=<mechanism>],CN=auth
This name is then compared against the match POSIX
(''extended'') regular expression, and if the match is
successful, the name is replaced with the replace string.
If there are wildcard strings in the match regular
expression that are enclosed in parenthesis, e.g.
UID=([^,]*),CN=.*
then the portion of the name that matched the wildcard
will be stored in the numbered placeholder variable $1. If
there are other wildcard strings in parenthesis, the
matching strings will be in $2, $3, etc. up to $9. The
placeholders can then be used in the replace string, e.g.
UID=$1,OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com
The replaced name can be either a DN, i.e. a string
prefixed by "dn:", or an LDAP URI. If the latter, the
server will use the URI to search its own database(s) and,
if the search returns exactly one entry, the name is
replaced by the DN of that entry. The LDAP URI must have
no hostport, attrs, or extensions components, but the
filter is mandatory, e.g.
ldap:///OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com??one?(UID=$1)
The protocol portion of the URI must be strictly ldap.
Note that this search is subject to access controls.
Specifically, the authentication identity must have "auth"
access in the subject.
Multiple authz-regexp options can be given in the
configuration file to allow for multiple matching and
replacement patterns. The matching patterns are checked in
the order they appear in the file, stopping at the first
successful match.
concurrency <integer>
Specify a desired level of concurrency. Provided to the
underlying thread system as a hint. The default is not to
provide any hint. This setting is only meaningful on some
platforms where there is not a one to one correspondence
between user threads and kernel threads.
conn_max_pending <integer>
Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an
anonymous session. If requests are submitted faster than
the server can process them, they will be queued up to
this limit. If the limit is exceeded, the session is
closed. The default is 100.
conn_max_pending_auth <integer>
Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an
authenticated session. The default is 1000.
defaultsearchbase <dn>
Specify a default search base to use when client submits a
non-base search request with an empty base DN. Base
scoped search requests with an empty base DN are not
affected.
disallow <features>
Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
disallow (default none). bind_anon disables acceptance of
anonymous bind requests. Note that this setting does not
prohibit anonymous directory access (See "require authc").
bind_simple disables simple (bind) authentication.
tls_2_anon disables forcing session to anonymous status
(see also tls_authc) upon StartTLS operation receipt.
tls_authc disallows the StartTLS operation if
authenticated (see also tls_2_anon).
proxy_authz_non_critical disables acceptance of the
proxied authorization control (RFC4370) with criticality
set to FALSE. dontusecopy_non_critical disables
acceptance of the dontUseCopy control (a work in progress)
with criticality set to FALSE.
ditcontentrule ( <oid> [NAME <name>] [DESC <description>]
[OBSOLETE] [AUX <oids>] [MUST <oids>] [MAY <oids>]
[NOT <oids>] )
Specify an DIT Content Rule using the LDAPv3 syntax
defined in RFC 4512. The slapd parser extends the RFC
4512 definition by allowing string forms as well as
numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
attribute syntax OID. (See the objectidentifier
description.)
gentlehup { on | off }
A SIGHUP signal will only cause a 'gentle' shutdown-
attempt: Slapd will stop listening for new connections,
but will not close the connections to the current clients.
Future write operations return unwilling-to-perform,
though. Slapd terminates when all clients have closed
their connections (if they ever do), or - as before - if
it receives a SIGTERM signal. This can be useful if you
wish to terminate the server and start a new slapd server
with another database, without disrupting the currently
active clients. The default is off. You may wish to use
idletimeout along with this option.
idletimeout <integer>
Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly
closing an idle client connection. A setting of 0
disables this feature. The default is 0. You may also
want to set the writetimeout option.
include <filename>
Read additional configuration information from the given
file before continuing with the next line of the current
file.
index_hash64 { on | off }
Use a 64 bit hash for indexing. The default is to use 32
bit hashes. These hashes are used for equality and
substring indexing. The 64 bit version may be needed to
avoid index collisions when the number of indexed values
exceeds ~64 million. (Note that substring indexing
generates multiple index values per actual attribute
value.) Indices generated with 32 bit hashes are
incompatible with the 64 bit version, and vice versa. Any
existing databases must be fully reloaded when changing
this setting. This directive is only supported on 64 bit
CPUs.
index_intlen <integer>
Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The
most significant bytes of the binary integer will be used
for index keys. The default value is 4, which provides
exact indexing for 31 bit values. A floating point
representation is used to index too large values.
index_substr_if_maxlen <integer>
Specify the maximum length for subinitial and subfinal
indices. Only this many characters of an attribute value
will be processed by the indexing functions; any excess
characters are ignored. The default is 4.
index_substr_if_minlen <integer>
Specify the minimum length for subinitial and subfinal
indices. An attribute value must have at least this many
characters in order to be processed by the indexing
functions. The default is 2.
index_substr_any_len <integer>
Specify the length used for subany indices. An attribute
value must have at least this many characters in order to
be processed. Attribute values longer than this length
will be processed in segments of this length. The default
is 4. The subany index will also be used in subinitial and
subfinal index lookups when the filter string is longer
than the index_substr_if_maxlen value.
index_substr_any_step <integer>
Specify the steps used in subany index lookups. This value
sets the offset for the segments of a filter string that
are processed for a subany index lookup. The default is 2.
For example, with the default values, a search using this
filter "cn=*abcdefgh*" would generate index lookups for
"abcd", "cdef", and "efgh".
Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use.
Also, changing these settings will generally require deleting any
indices that depend on these parameters and recreating them with
slapindex(8).
ldapsyntax ( <oid> [DESC <description>] [X-SUBST <substitute-
syntax>] )
Specify an LDAP syntax using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in
RFC 4512. The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512
definition by allowing string forms as well as numeric
OIDs to be used for the syntax OID. (See the
objectidentifier description.) The slapd parser also
honors the X-SUBST extension (an OpenLDAP-specific
extension), which allows one to use the ldapsyntax
statement to define a non-implemented syntax along with
another syntax, the extension value substitute-syntax, as
its temporary replacement. The substitute-syntax must be
defined. This allows one to define attribute types that
make use of non-implemented syntaxes using the correct
syntax OID. Unless X-SUBST is used, this configuration
statement would result in an error, since no handlers
would be associated to the resulting syntax structure.
listener-threads <integer>
Specify the number of threads to use for the connection
manager. The default is 1 and this is typically adequate
for up to 16 CPU cores. The value should be set to a
power of 2.
localSSF <SSF>
Specifies the Security Strength Factor (SSF) to be given
local LDAP sessions, such as those to the ldapi://
listener. For a description of SSF values, see sasl-
secprops's minssf option description. The default is 71.
logfile <filename>
Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. These
messages are unrelated to messages exposed by the loglevel
configuration parameter. This setting only affects the
slapd daemon and has no effect on the command line tools.
By default these messages only go to stderr and are not
recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile copies
messages to both stderr and the logfile.
logfile-format debug | syslog-utc | syslog-localtime
Specify the prefix format for messages written to the
logfile. The debug format is the normal format used for
slapd debug messages, with a timestamp in hexadecimal,
followed by a thread ID. The other options are to use
syslog(3) style prefixes, with timestamps either in UTC or
in the local timezone. The default is debug format.
logfile-only on | off
Specify that debug messages should only go to the
configured logfile, and not to stderr.
logfile-rotate <max> <Mbytes> <hours>
Specify automatic rotation for the configured logfile as
the maximum number of old logfiles to retain, a maximum
size in megabytes to allow a logfile to grow before
rotation, and a maximum age in hours for a logfile to be
used before rotation. The maximum number must be in the
range 1-99. Setting Mbytes or hours to zero disables the
size or age check, respectively. At least one of Mbytes
or hours must be non-zero. By default no automatic
rotation will be performed.
loglevel <integer> [...]
Specify the level at which debugging statements and
operation statistics should be syslogged (currently logged
to the syslogd(8) LOG_LOCAL4 facility). They must be
considered subsystems rather than increasingly verbose log
levels. Some messages with higher priority are logged
regardless of the configured loglevel as soon as any
logging is configured. Log levels are additive, and
available levels are:
1 (0x1 trace) trace function calls
2 (0x2 packets) debug packet handling
4 (0x4 args) heavy trace debugging (function
args)
8 (0x8 conns) connection management
16 (0x10 BER) print out packets sent and
received
32 (0x20 filter) search filter processing
64 (0x40 config) configuration file processing
128 (0x80 ACL) access control list processing
256 (0x100 stats) connections, LDAP operations,
results (recommended)
512 (0x200 stats2) stats2 log entries sent
1024 (0x400 shell) print communication with shell
backends
2048 (0x800 parse) entry parsing
16384 (0x4000 sync) LDAPSync replication
32768 (0x8000 none) only messages that get logged
whatever log level is set
The desired log level can be input as a single integer
that combines the (ORed) desired levels, both in decimal
or in hexadecimal notation, as a list of integers (that
are ORed internally), or as a list of the names that are
shown between parentheses, such that
loglevel 129
loglevel 0x81
loglevel 128 1
loglevel 0x80 0x1
loglevel acl trace
are equivalent. The keyword any can be used as a shortcut
to enable logging at all levels (equivalent to -1). The
keyword none, or the equivalent integer representation,
causes those messages that are logged regardless of the
configured loglevel to be logged. In fact, if loglevel is
set to 0, no logging occurs, so at least the none level is
required to have high priority messages logged.
Note that the packets, BER, and parse levels are only
available as debug output on stderr, and are not sent to
syslog.
The loglevel defaults to stats. This level should usually
also be included when using other loglevels, to help
analyze the logs.
maxfilterdepth <integer>
Specify the maximum depth of nested filters in search
requests. The default is 1000.
moduleload <filename> [<arguments>...]
Specify the name of a dynamically loadable module to load
and any additional arguments if supported by the module.
The filename may be an absolute path name or a simple
filename. Non-absolute names are searched for in the
directories specified by the modulepath option. This
option and the modulepath option are only usable if slapd
was compiled with --enable-modules.
modulepath <pathspec>
Specify a list of directories to search for loadable
modules. Typically the path is colon-separated but this
depends on the operating system. The default is
MODULEDIR, which is where the standard OpenLDAP install
will place its modules.
objectclass ( <oid> [NAME <name>] [DESC <description>] [OBSOLETE]
[SUP <oids>] [{ ABSTRACT | STRUCTURAL | AUXILIARY }]
[MUST <oids>] [MAY <oids>] )
Specify an objectclass using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in
RFC 4512. The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512
definition by allowing string forms as well as numeric
OIDs to be used for the object class OID. (See the
objectidentifier description.) Object classes are
"STRUCTURAL" by default.
objectidentifier <name> { <oid> | <name>[:<suffix>] }
Define a string name that equates to the given OID. The
string can be used in place of the numeric OID in
objectclass and attribute definitions. The name can also
be used with a suffix of the form ":xx" in which case the
value "oid.xx" will be used.
password-hash <hash> [<hash>...]
This option configures one or more hashes to be used in
generation of user passwords stored in the userPassword
attribute during processing of LDAP Password Modify
Extended Operations (RFC 3062). The <hash> must be one of
{SSHA}, {SHA}, {SMD5}, {MD5}, {CRYPT}, and {CLEARTEXT}.
The default is {SSHA}.
{SHA} and {SSHA} use the SHA-1 algorithm (FIPS 160-1), the
latter with a seed.
{MD5} and {SMD5} use the MD5 algorithm (RFC 1321), the
latter with a seed.
{CRYPT} uses the crypt(3).
{CLEARTEXT} indicates that the new password should be
added to userPassword as clear text.
Note that this option does not alter the normal user
applications handling of userPassword during LDAP Add,
Modify, or other LDAP operations.
password-crypt-salt-format <format>
Specify the format of the salt passed to crypt(3) when
generating {CRYPT} passwords (see password-hash) during
processing of LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations
(RFC 3062).
This string needs to be in sprintf(3) format and may
include one (and only one) %s conversion. This conversion
will be substituted with a string of random characters
from [A-Za-z0-9./]. For example, "%.2s" provides a two
character salt and "$1$%.8s" tells some versions of
crypt(3) to use an MD5 algorithm and provides 8 random
characters of salt. The default is "%s", which provides
31 characters of salt.
pidfile <filename>
The (absolute) name of a file that will hold the slapd
server's process ID (see getpid(2)).
pluginlog: <filename>
The ( absolute ) name of a file that will contain log
messages from SLAPI plugins. See slapd.plugin(5) for
details.
referral <url>
Specify the referral to pass back when slapd(8) cannot
find a local database to handle a request. If specified
multiple times, each url is provided.
require <conditions>
Specify a set of conditions (separated by white space) to
require (default none). The directive may be specified
globally and/or per-database; databases inherit global
conditions, so per-database specifications are additive.
bind requires bind operation prior to directory
operations. LDAPv3 requires session to be using LDAP
version 3. authc requires authentication prior to
directory operations. SASL requires SASL authentication
prior to directory operations. strong requires strong
authentication prior to directory operations. The strong
keyword allows protected "simple" authentication as well
as SASL authentication. none may be used to require no
conditions (useful to clear out globally set conditions
within a particular database); it must occur first in the
list of conditions.
reverse-lookup on | off
Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup
(default is off if compiled with --enable-rlookups).
rootDSE <file>
Specify the name of an LDIF(5) file containing user
defined attributes for the root DSE. These attributes are
returned in addition to the attributes normally produced
by slapd.
The root DSE is an entry with information about the server
and its capabilities, in operational attributes. It has
the empty DN, and can be read with e.g.:
ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base "+"
See RFC 4512 section 5.1 for details.
sasl-auxprops <plugin> [...]
Specify which auxprop plugins to use for authentication
lookups. The default is empty, which just uses slapd's
internal support. Usually no other auxprop plugins are
needed.
sasl-auxprops-dontusecopy <attr> [...]
Specify which attribute(s) should be subject to the don't
use copy control. This is necessary for some SASL
mechanisms such as OTP to work in a replicated
environment. The attribute "cmusaslsecretOTP" is the
default value.
sasl-auxprops-dontusecopy-ignore on | off
Used to disable replication of the attribute(s) defined by
sasl-auxprops-dontusecopy and instead use a local value
for the attribute. This allows the SASL mechanism to
continue to work if the provider is offline. This can
cause replication inconsistency. Defaults to off.
sasl-host <fqdn>
Used to specify the fully qualified domain name used for
SASL processing.
sasl-realm <realm>
Specify SASL realm. Default is empty.
sasl-cbinding none | tls-unique | tls-endpoint
Specify the channel-binding type, see also
LDAP_OPT_X_SASL_CBINDING. Default is none.
sasl-secprops <properties>
Used to specify Cyrus SASL security properties. The none
flag (without any other properties) causes the flag
properties default, "noanonymous,noplain", to be cleared.
The noplain flag disables mechanisms susceptible to simple
passive attacks. The noactive flag disables mechanisms
susceptible to active attacks. The nodict flag disables
mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks. The
noanonymous flag disables mechanisms which support
anonymous login. The forwardsec flag require forward
secrecy between sessions. The passcred require mechanisms
which pass client credentials (and allow mechanisms which
can pass credentials to do so). The minssf=<factor>
property specifies the minimum acceptable security
strength factor as an integer approximate to effective key
length used for encryption. 0 (zero) implies no
protection, 1 implies integrity protection only, 128
allows RC4, Blowfish and other similar ciphers, 256 will
require modern ciphers. The default is 0. The
maxssf=<factor> property specifies the maximum acceptable
security strength factor as an integer (see minssf
description). The default is INT_MAX. The
maxbufsize=<size> property specifies the maximum security
layer receive buffer size allowed. 0 disables security
layers. The default is 65536.
schemadn <dn>
Specify the distinguished name for the subschema subentry
that controls the entries on this server. The default is
"cn=Subschema".
security <factors>
Specify a set of security strength factors (separated by
white space) to require (see sasl-secprops's minssf option
for a description of security strength factors). The
directive may be specified globally and/or per-database.
ssf=<n> specifies the overall security strength factor.
transport=<n> specifies the transport security strength
factor. tls=<n> specifies the TLS security strength
factor. sasl=<n> specifies the SASL security strength
factor. update_ssf=<n> specifies the overall security
strength factor to require for directory updates.
update_transport=<n> specifies the transport security
strength factor to require for directory updates.
update_tls=<n> specifies the TLS security strength factor
to require for directory updates. update_sasl=<n>
specifies the SASL security strength factor to require for
directory updates. simple_bind=<n> specifies the security
strength factor required for simple username/password
authentication. Note that the transport factor is measure
of security provided by the underlying transport, e.g.
ldapi:// (and eventually IPSEC). It is not normally used.
serverID <integer> [<URL>]
Specify an integer ID from 0 to 4095 for this server. The
ID may also be specified as a hexadecimal ID by prefixing
the value with "0x". Non-zero IDs are required when using
multi-provider replication and each provider must have a
unique non-zero ID. Note that this requirement also
applies to separate providers contributing to a glued set
of databases. If the URL is provided, this directive may
be specified multiple times, providing a complete list of
participating servers and their IDs. The fully qualified
hostname of each server should be used in the supplied
URLs. The IDs are used in the "replica id" field of all
CSNs generated by the specified server. The default value
is zero, which is only valid for single provider
replication. Example:
serverID 1 ldap://ldap1.example.com
serverID 2 ldap://ldap2.example.com
sizelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
sizelimit size[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
Specify the maximum number of entries to return from a
search operation. The default size limit is 500. Use
unlimited to specify no limits. The second format allows
a fine grain setting of the size limits. If no special
qualifiers are specified, both soft and hard limits are
set. Extra args can be added on the same line.
Additional qualifiers are available; see limits for an
explanation of all of the different flags.
sockbuf_max_incoming <integer>
Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for anonymous
sessions. The default is 262143.
sockbuf_max_incoming_auth <integer>
Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for
authenticated sessions. The default is 4194303.
sortvals <attr> [...]
Specify a list of multi-valued attributes whose values
will always be maintained in sorted order. Using this
option will allow Modify, Compare, and filter evaluations
on these attributes to be performed more efficiently. The
resulting sort order depends on the attributes' syntax and
matching rules and may not correspond to lexical order or
any other recognizable order.
tcp-buffer [listener=<URL>] [{read|write}=]<size>
Specify the size of the TCP buffer. A global value for
both read and write TCP buffers related to any listener is
defined, unless the listener is explicitly specified, or
either the read or write qualifiers are used. See tcp(7)
for details. Note that some OS-es implement automatic TCP
buffer tuning.
threads <integer>
Specify the maximum size of the primary thread pool. The
default is 16; the minimum value is 2.
threadqueues <integer>
Specify the number of work queues to use for the primary
thread pool. The default is 1 and this is typically
adequate for up to 8 CPU cores. The value should not
exceed the number of CPUs in the system.
timelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
timelimit time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
Specify the maximum number of seconds (in real time) slapd
will spend answering a search request. The default time
limit is 3600. Use unlimited to specify no limits. The
second format allows a fine grain setting of the time
limits. Extra args can be added on the same line. See
limits for an explanation of the different flags.
tool-threads <integer>
Specify the maximum number of threads to use in tool mode.
This should not be greater than the number of CPUs in the
system. The default is 1.
writetimeout <integer>
Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly
closing a connection with an outstanding write. This
allows recovery from various network hang conditions. A
writetimeout of 0 disables this feature. The default is
0.
If slapd is built with support for Transport Layer Security,
there are more options you can specify.
TLSCipherSuite <cipher-suite-spec>
Permits configuring what ciphers will be accepted and the
preference order. <cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher
specification for the TLS library in use (OpenSSL or
GnuTLS). This directive is not supported when using
MbedTLS. Example:
OpenSSL:
TLSCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2
GnuTLS:
TLSCiphersuite SECURE256:!AES-128-CBC
To check what ciphers a given spec selects in OpenSSL,
use:
openssl ciphers -v <cipher-suite-spec>
With GnuTLS the available specs can be found in the manual
page of gnutls-cli(1) (see the description of the option
--priority).
In older versions of GnuTLS, where gnutls-cli does not
support the option --priority, you can obtain the — more
limited — list of ciphers by calling:
gnutls-cli -l
TLSCACertificateFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of
the Certificate Authorities that slapd will recognize.
The certificate for the CA that signed the server
certificate must(GnuTLS)/may(OpenSSL) be included among
these certificates. If the signing CA was not a top-level
(root) CA, certificates for the entire sequence of CA's
from the signing CA to the top-level CA should be present.
Multiple certificates are simply appended to the file; the
order is not significant.
TLSCACertificatePath <path>
Specifies the path of directories that contain Certificate
Authority certificates in separate individual files.
Usually only one of this or the TLSCACertificateFile is
used. If both are specified, both locations will be used.
Multiple directories may be specified, separated by a
semi-colon.
TLSCertificateFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains the slapd server
certificate.
When using OpenSSL that file may also contain any number
of intermediate certificates after the server certificate.
TLSCertificateKeyFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains the slapd server private
key that matches the certificate stored in the
TLSCertificateFile file. Currently, the private key must
not be protected with a password, so it is of critical
importance that it is protected carefully.
TLSDHParamFile <filename>
This directive specifies the file that contains parameters
for Diffie-Hellman ephemeral key exchange. This is
required in order to use a DSA certificate on the server,
or an RSA certificate missing the "key encipherment" key
usage. Note that setting this option may also enable
Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchanges in certain non-
default cipher suites. Anonymous key exchanges should
generally be avoided since they provide no actual client
or server authentication and provide no protection against
man-in-the-middle attacks. You should append "!ADH" to
your cipher suites to ensure that these suites are not
used. This directive is not supported when using MbedTLS.
TLSECName <name>
Specify the name of the curve(s) to use for Elliptic curve
Diffie-Hellman ephemeral key exchange. This option is
only used for OpenSSL. This option is not used with
GnuTLS; the curves may be chosen in the GnuTLS ciphersuite
specification.
TLSProtocolMin <major>[.<minor>]
Specifies minimum SSL/TLS protocol version that will be
negotiated. If the server doesn't support at least that
version, the SSL handshake will fail. To require TLS 1.x
or higher, set this option to 3.(x+1), e.g.,
TLSProtocolMin 3.2
would require TLS 1.1. Specifying a minimum that is
higher than that supported by the OpenLDAP implementation
will result in it requiring the highest level that it does
support. This directive is ignored with GnuTLS.
TLSRandFile <filename>
Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when
/dev/[u]random is not available. Generally set to the
name of the EGD/PRNGD socket. The environment variable
RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename. This
directive is ignored with GnuTLS.
TLSVerifyClient <level>
Specifies what checks to perform on client certificates in
an incoming TLS session, if any. The <level> can be
specified as one of the following keywords:
never This is the default. slapd will not ask the client
for a certificate.
allow The client certificate is requested. If no
certificate is provided, the session proceeds
normally. If a bad certificate is provided, it
will be ignored and the session proceeds normally.
try The client certificate is requested. If no
certificate is provided, the session proceeds
normally. If a bad certificate is provided, the
session is immediately terminated.
demand | hard | true
These keywords are all equivalent, for
compatibility reasons. The client certificate is
requested. If no certificate is provided, or a bad
certificate is provided, the session is immediately
terminated.
Note that a valid client certificate is required in
order to use the SASL EXTERNAL authentication
mechanism with a TLS session. As such, a non-
default TLSVerifyClient setting must be chosen to
enable SASL EXTERNAL authentication.
TLSCRLCheck <level>
Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the
CA should be used to verify if the client certificates
have not been revoked. This requires TLSCACertificatePath
parameter to be set. This directive is ignored with
GnuTLS. <level> can be specified as one of the following
keywords:
none No CRL checks are performed
peer Check the CRL of the peer certificate
all Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain
TLSCRLFile <filename>
Specifies a file containing a Certificate Revocation List
to be used for verifying that certificates have not been
revoked. This directive is only valid when using GnuTLS.
Options in this section only apply to the configuration file
section of all instances of the specified backend. All backends
may support this class of options, but currently only back-mdb
does.
backend <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a backend definition. <databasetype>
should be one of asyncmeta, config, dnssrv, ldap, ldif,
mdb, meta, monitor, null, passwd, perl, relay, sock, sql,
or wt. At present, only back-mdb implements any options
of this type, so this setting is not needed for any other
backends.
Options in this section only apply to the configuration file
section for the database in which they are defined. They are
supported by every type of backend. Note that the database and
at least one suffix option are mandatory for each database.
database <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a new database instance definition.
<databasetype> should be one of asyncmeta, config, dnssrv,
ldap, ldif, mdb, meta, monitor, null, passwd, perl, relay,
sock, sql, or wt, depending on which backend will serve
the database.
LDAP operations, even subtree searches, normally access
only one database. That can be changed by gluing
databases together with the subordinate keyword. Access
controls and some overlays can also involve multiple
databases.
add_content_acl on | off
Controls whether Add operations will perform ACL checks on
the content of the entry being added. This check is off by
default. See the slapd.access(5) manual page for more
details on ACL requirements for Add operations.
extra_attrs <attrlist>
Lists what attributes need to be added to search requests.
Local storage backends return the entire entry to the
frontend. The frontend takes care of only returning the
requested attributes that are allowed by ACLs. However,
features like access checking and so may need specific
attributes that are not automatically returned by remote
storage backends, like proxy backends and so on.
<attrlist> is a list of attributes that are needed for
internal purposes and thus always need to be collected,
even when not explicitly requested by clients.
hidden on | off
Controls whether the database will be used to answer
queries. A database that is hidden will never be selected
to answer any queries, and any suffix configured on the
database will be ignored in checks for conflicts with
other databases. By default, hidden is off.
lastmod on | off
Controls whether slapd will automatically maintain the
modifiersName, modifyTimestamp, creatorsName, and
createTimestamp attributes for entries. It also controls
the entryCSN and entryUUID attributes, which are needed by
the syncrepl provider. By default, lastmod is on.
lastbind on | off
Controls whether slapd will automatically maintain the
pwdLastSuccess attribute for entries. By default, lastbind
is off.
lastbind-precision <integer>
If lastbind is enabled, specifies how frequently
pwdLastSuccess will be updated. More than integer seconds
must have passed since the last successful bind. In a
replicated environment with frequent bind activity it may
be useful to set this to a large value. On a backend, if
set to 0 (the default), the value set on the frontend is
used.
limits <selector> <limit> [<limit> [...]]
Specify time and size limits based on the operation's
initiator or base DN. The argument <selector> can be any
of
anonymous | users | [<dnspec>=]<pattern> |
group[/oc[/at]]=<pattern>
with
<dnspec> ::= dn[.<type>][.<style>]
<type> ::= self | this
<style> ::= exact | base | onelevel | subtree |
children | regex | anonymous
DN type self is the default and means the bound user,
while this means the base DN of the operation. The term
anonymous matches all unauthenticated clients. The term
users matches all authenticated clients; otherwise an
exact dn pattern is assumed unless otherwise specified by
qualifying the (optional) key string dn with exact or base
(which are synonyms), to require an exact match; with
onelevel, to require exactly one level of depth match;
with subtree, to allow any level of depth match, including
the exact match; with children, to allow any level of
depth match, not including the exact match; regex
explicitly requires the (default) match based on POSIX
(''extended'') regular expression pattern. Finally,
anonymous matches unbound operations; the pattern field is
ignored. The same behavior is obtained by using the
anonymous form of the <selector> clause. The term group,
with the optional objectClass oc and attributeType at
fields, followed by pattern, sets the limits for any DN
listed in the values of the at attribute (default member)
of the oc group objectClass (default groupOfNames) whose
DN exactly matches pattern.
The currently supported limits are size and time.
The syntax for time limits is
time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer>, where integer is the number
of seconds slapd will spend answering a search request.
If no time limit is explicitly requested by the client,
the soft limit is used; if the requested time limit
exceeds the hard limit, the value of the limit is used
instead. If the hard limit is set to the keyword soft,
the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the
keyword unlimited, no hard limit is enforced. Explicit
requests for time limits smaller or equal to the hard
limit are honored. If no limit specifier is set, the
value is assigned to the soft limit, and the hard limit is
set to soft, to preserve the original behavior.
The syntax for size limits is
size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer>, where integer is
the maximum number of entries slapd will return answering
a search request. If no size limit is explicitly
requested by the client, the soft limit is used; if the
requested size limit exceeds the hard limit, the value of
the limit is used instead. If the hard limit is set to
the keyword soft, the soft limit is used in either case;
if it is set to the keyword unlimited, no hard limit is
enforced. Explicit requests for size limits smaller or
equal to the hard limit are honored. The unchecked
specifier sets a limit on the number of candidates a
search request is allowed to examine. The rationale
behind it is that searches for non-properly indexed
attributes may result in large sets of candidates, which
must be examined by slapd(8) to determine whether they
match the search filter or not. The unchecked limit
provides a means to drop such operations before they are
even started. If the selected candidates exceed the
unchecked limit, the search will abort with Unwilling to
perform. If it is set to the keyword unlimited, no limit
is applied (the default). If it is set to disabled, the
search is not even performed; this can be used to disallow
searches for a specific set of users. If no limit
specifier is set, the value is assigned to the soft limit,
and the hard limit is set to soft, to preserve the
original behavior.
In case of no match, the global limits are used. The
default values are the same as for sizelimit and
timelimit; no limit is set on unchecked.
If pagedResults control is requested, the hard size limit
is used by default, because the request of a specific page
size is considered an explicit request for a limitation on
the number of entries to be returned. However, the size
limit applies to the total count of entries returned
within the search, and not to a single page. Additional
size limits may be enforced; the syntax is
size.pr={<integer>|noEstimate|unlimited}, where integer is
the max page size if no explicit limit is set; the keyword
noEstimate inhibits the server from returning an estimate
of the total number of entries that might be returned
(note: the current implementation does not return any
estimate). The keyword unlimited indicates that no limit
is applied to the pagedResults control page size. The
syntax size.prtotal={<integer>|hard|unlimited|disabled}
allows one to set a limit on the total number of entries
that the pagedResults control will return. By default it
is set to the hard limit which will use the size.hard
value. When set, integer is the max number of entries
that the whole search with pagedResults control can
return. Use unlimited to allow unlimited number of
entries to be returned, e.g. to allow the use of the
pagedResults control as a means to circumvent size
limitations on regular searches; the keyword disabled
disables the control, i.e. no paged results can be
returned. Note that the total number of entries returned
when the pagedResults control is requested cannot exceed
the hard size limit of regular searches unless extended by
the prtotal switch.
The limits statement is typically used to let an unlimited
number of entries be returned by searches performed with
the identity used by the consumer for synchronization
purposes by means of the RFC 4533 LDAP Content
Synchronization protocol (see syncrepl for details).
When using subordinate databases, it is necessary for any
limits that are to be applied across the parent and its
subordinates to be defined in both the parent and its
subordinates. Otherwise the settings on the subordinate
databases are not honored.
maxderefdepth <depth>
Specifies the maximum number of aliases to dereference
when trying to resolve an entry, used to avoid infinite
alias loops. The default is 15.
multiprovider on | off
This option puts a consumer database into Multi-Provider
mode. Update operations will be accepted from any user,
not just the updatedn. The database must already be
configured as a syncrepl consumer before this keyword may
be set. This mode also requires a serverID (see above) to
be configured. By default, multiprovider is off.
monitoring on | off
This option enables database-specific monitoring in the
entry related to the current database in the
"cn=Databases,cn=Monitor" subtree of the monitor database,
if the monitor database is enabled. Currently, only the
MDB database provides database-specific monitoring. If
monitoring is supported by the backend it defaults to on,
otherwise off.
overlay <overlay-name>
Add the specified overlay to this database. An overlay is
a piece of code that intercepts database operations in
order to extend or change them. Overlays are pushed onto a
stack over the database, and so they will execute in the
reverse of the order in which they were configured and the
database itself will receive control last of all. See the
slapd.overlays(5) manual page for an overview of the
available overlays. Note that all of the database's
regular settings should be configured before any overlay
settings.
readonly on | off
This option puts the database into "read-only" mode. Any
attempts to modify the database will return an "unwilling
to perform" error. By default, readonly is off.
restrict <oplist>
Specify a whitespace separated list of operations that are
restricted. If defined inside a database specification,
restrictions apply only to that database, otherwise they
are global. Operations can be any of add, bind, compare,
delete, extended[=<OID>], modify, rename, search, or the
special pseudo-operations read and write, which
respectively summarize read and write operations. The use
of restrict write is equivalent to readonly on (see
above). The extended keyword allows one to indicate the
OID of the specific operation to be restricted.
rootdn <dn>
Specify the distinguished name that is not subject to
access control or administrative limit restrictions for
operations on this database. This DN may or may not be
associated with an entry. An empty root DN (the default)
specifies no root access is to be granted. It is
recommended that the rootdn only be specified when needed
(such as when initially populating a database). If the
rootdn is within a namingContext (suffix) of the database,
a simple bind password may also be provided using the
rootpw directive. Many optional features, including
syncrepl, require the rootdn to be defined for the
database.
rootpw <password>
Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the
rootdn. The password can only be set if the rootdn is
within the namingContext (suffix) of the database. This
option accepts all RFC 2307 userPassword formats known to
the server (see password-hash description) as well as
cleartext. slappasswd(8) may be used to generate a hash
of a password. Cleartext and {CRYPT} passwords are not
recommended. If empty (the default), authentication of
the root DN is by other means (e.g. SASL). Use of SASL is
encouraged.
suffix <dn suffix>
Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to
this backend database. Multiple suffix lines can be given
and at least one is required for each database definition.
If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of another,
the database with the inner suffix must come first in the
configuration file. You may also want to glue such
databases together with the subordinate keyword.
subordinate [advertise]
Specify that the current backend database is a subordinate
of another backend database. A subordinate database may
have only one suffix. This option may be used to glue
multiple databases into a single namingContext. If the
suffix of the current database is within the namingContext
of a superior database, searches against the superior
database will be propagated to the subordinate as well.
All of the databases associated with a single
namingContext should have identical rootdns. Behavior of
other LDAP operations is unaffected by this setting. In
particular, it is not possible to use moddn to move an
entry from one subordinate to another subordinate within
the namingContext.
If the optional advertise flag is supplied, the naming
context of this database is advertised in the root DSE.
The default is to hide this database context, so that only
the superior context is visible.
If the slap tools slapcat(8), slapadd(8), slapmodify(8),
or slapindex(8) are used on the superior database, any
glued subordinates that support these tools are opened as
well.
Databases that are glued together should usually be
configured with the same indices (assuming they support
indexing), even for attributes that only exist in some of
these databases. In general, all of the glued databases
should be configured as similarly as possible, since the
intent is to provide the appearance of a single directory.
Note that the subordinate functionality is implemented
internally by the glue overlay and as such its behavior
will interact with other overlays in use. By default, the
glue overlay is automatically configured as the last
overlay on the superior backend. Its position on the
backend can be explicitly configured by setting an overlay
glue directive at the desired position. This explicit
configuration is necessary e.g. when using the syncprov
overlay, which needs to follow glue in order to work over
all of the glued databases. E.g.
database mdb
suffix dc=example,dc=com
...
overlay glue
overlay syncprov
sync_use_subentry
Store the syncrepl contextCSN in a subentry instead of the
context entry of the database. The subentry's RDN will be
"cn=ldapsync". By default the contextCSN is stored in the
context entry.
syncrepl rid=<replica ID> provider=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]
searchbase=<base DN> [type=refreshOnly|refreshAndPersist]
[interval=dd:hh:mm:ss] [retry=[<retry interval> <# of
retries>]+] [filter=<filter str>]
[scope=sub|one|base|subord] [attrs=<attr list>]
[exattrs=<attr list>] [attrsonly] [sizelimit=<limit>]
[timelimit=<limit>] [schemachecking=on|off]
[network-timeout=<seconds>] [timeout=<seconds>]
[tcp-user-timeout=<milliseconds>] [bindmethod=simple|sasl]
[binddn=<dn>] [saslmech=<mech>] [authcid=<identity>]
[authzid=<identity>] [credentials=<passwd>]
[realm=<realm>] [secprops=<properties>]
[keepalive=<idle>:<probes>:<interval>]
[starttls=yes|critical] [tls_cert=<file>] [tls_key=<file>]
[tls_cacert=<file>] [tls_cacertdir=<path>]
[tls_reqcert=never|allow|try|demand]
[tls_reqsan=never|allow|try|demand]
[tls_cipher_suite=<ciphers>] [tls_ecname=<names>]
[tls_crlcheck=none|peer|all]
[tls_protocol_min=<major>[.<minor>]] [suffixmassage=<real
DN>] [logbase=<base DN>] [logfilter=<filter str>]
[syncdata=default|accesslog|changelog] [lazycommit]
Specify the current database as a consumer which is kept
up-to-date with the provider content by establishing the
current slapd(8) as a replication consumer site running a
syncrepl replication engine. The consumer content is kept
synchronized to the provider content using the LDAP
Content Synchronization protocol. Refer to the "OpenLDAP
Administrator's Guide" for detailed information on setting
up a replicated slapd directory service using the syncrepl
replication engine.
rid identifies the current syncrepl directive within the
replication consumer site. It is a non-negative integer
not greater than 999 (limited to three decimal digits).
provider specifies the replication provider site
containing the provider content as an LDAP URI. If <port>
is not given, the standard LDAP port number (389 or 636)
is used.
The content of the syncrepl consumer is defined using a
search specification as its result set. The consumer slapd
will send search requests to the provider slapd according
to the search specification. The search specification
includes searchbase, scope, filter, attrs, attrsonly,
sizelimit, and timelimit parameters as in the normal
search specification. The exattrs option may also be used
to specify attributes that should be omitted from incoming
entries. The scope defaults to sub, the filter defaults
to (objectclass=*), and there is no default searchbase.
The attrs list defaults to "*,+" to return all user and
operational attributes, and attrsonly and exattrs are
unset by default. The sizelimit and timelimit only accept
"unlimited" and positive integers, and both default to
"unlimited". The sizelimit and timelimit parameters
define a consumer requested limitation on the number of
entries that can be returned by the LDAP Content
Synchronization operation; these should be left unchanged
from the default otherwise replication may never succeed.
Note, however, that any provider-side limits for the
replication identity will be enforced by the provider
regardless of the limits requested by the LDAP Content
Synchronization operation, much like for any other search
operation.
The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two
operation types. In the refreshOnly operation, the next
synchronization search operation is periodically
rescheduled at an interval time (specified by interval
parameter; 1 day by default) after each synchronization
operation finishes. In the refreshAndPersist operation, a
synchronization search remains persistent in the provider
slapd. Further updates to the provider will generate
searchResultEntry to the consumer slapd as the search
responses to the persistent synchronization search. If the
initial search fails due to an error, the next
synchronization search operation is periodically
rescheduled at an interval time (specified by interval
parameter; 1 day by default)
If an error occurs during replication, the consumer will
attempt to reconnect according to the retry parameter
which is a list of the <retry interval> and <# of retries>
pairs. For example, retry="60 10 300 3" lets the consumer
retry every 60 seconds for the first 10 times and then
retry every 300 seconds for the next 3 times before stop
retrying. The `+' in <# of retries> means indefinite
number of retries until success. If no retry is
specified, by default syncrepl retries every hour forever.
The schema checking can be enforced at the LDAP Sync
consumer site by turning on the schemachecking parameter.
The default is off. Schema checking on means that
replicated entries must have a structural objectClass,
must obey to objectClass requirements in terms of
required/allowed attributes, and that naming attributes
and distinguished values must be present. As a
consequence, schema checking should be off when partial
replication is used.
The network-timeout parameter sets how long the consumer
will wait to establish a network connection to the
provider. Once a connection is established, the timeout
parameter determines how long the consumer will wait for
the initial Bind request to complete. The defaults for
these parameters come from ldap.conf(5). The
tcp-user-timeout parameter, if non-zero, corresponds to
the TCP_USER_TIMEOUT set on the target connections,
overriding the operating system setting. Only some
systems support the customization of this parameter, it is
ignored otherwise and system-wide settings are used.
A bindmethod of simple requires the options binddn and
credentials and should only be used when adequate security
services (e.g. TLS or IPSEC) are in place. REMEMBER:
simple bind credentials must be in cleartext! A
bindmethod of sasl requires the option saslmech.
Depending on the mechanism, an authentication identity
and/or credentials can be specified using authcid and
credentials. The authzid parameter may be used to specify
an authorization identity. Specific security properties
(as with the sasl-secprops keyword above) for a SASL bind
can be set with the secprops option. A non default SASL
realm can be set with the realm option. The identity used
for synchronization by the consumer should be allowed to
receive an unlimited number of entries in response to a
search request. The provider, other than allowing
authentication of the syncrepl identity, should grant that
identity appropriate access privileges to the data that is
being replicated (access directive), and appropriate time
and size limits. This can be accomplished by either
allowing unlimited sizelimit and timelimit, or by setting
an appropriate limits statement in the consumer's
configuration (see sizelimit and limits for details).
The keepalive parameter sets the values of idle, probes,
and interval used to check whether a socket is alive; idle
is the number of seconds a connection needs to remain idle
before TCP starts sending keepalive probes; probes is the
maximum number of keepalive probes TCP should send before
dropping the connection; interval is interval in seconds
between individual keepalive probes. Only some systems
support the customization of these values; the keepalive
parameter is ignored otherwise, and system-wide settings
are used.
The starttls parameter specifies use of the StartTLS
extended operation to establish a TLS session before
Binding to the provider. If the critical argument is
supplied, the session will be aborted if the StartTLS
request fails. Otherwise the syncrepl session continues
without TLS. The tls_reqcert setting defaults to "demand",
the tls_reqsan setting defaults to "allow", and the other
TLS settings default to the same as the main slapd TLS
settings.
The suffixmassage parameter allows the consumer to pull
entries from a remote directory whose DN suffix differs
from the local directory. The portion of the remote
entries' DNs that matches the searchbase will be replaced
with the suffixmassage DN.
Rather than replicating whole entries, the consumer can
query logs of data modifications. This mode of operation
is referred to as delta syncrepl. In addition to the above
parameters, the logbase and logfilter parameters must be
set appropriately for the log that will be used. The
syncdata parameter must be set to either "accesslog" if
the log conforms to the slapo-accesslog(5) log format, or
"changelog" if the log conforms to the obsolete changelog
format. If the syncdata parameter is omitted or set to
"default" then the log parameters are ignored.
The lazycommit parameter tells the underlying database
that it can store changes without performing a full flush
after each change. This may improve performance for the
consumer, while sacrificing safety or durability.
updatedn <dn>
This option is only applicable in a replica database. It
specifies the DN permitted to update (subject to access
controls) the replica. It is only needed in certain push-
mode replication scenarios. Generally, this DN should not
be the same as the rootdn used at the provider.
updateref <url>
Specify the referral to pass back when slapd(8) is asked
to modify a replicated local database. If specified
multiple times, each url is provided.
Each database may allow specific configuration options; they are
documented separately in the backends' manual pages. See the
slapd.backends(5) manual page for an overview of available
backends.
Here is a short example of a configuration file:
include SYSCONFDIR/schema/core.schema
pidfile LOCALSTATEDIR/run/slapd.pid
# Subtypes of "name" (e.g. "cn" and "ou") with the
# option ";x-hidden" can be searched for/compared,
# but are not shown. See slapd.access(5).
attributeoptions x-hidden lang-
access to attrs=name;x-hidden by * =cs
# Protect passwords. See slapd.access(5).
access to attrs=userPassword by * auth
# Read access to other attributes and entries.
access to * by * read
database mdb
suffix "dc=our-domain,dc=com"
# The database directory MUST exist prior to
# running slapd AND should only be accessible
# by the slapd/tools. Mode 0700 recommended.
directory LOCALSTATEDIR/openldap-data
# Indices to maintain
index objectClass eq
index cn,sn,mail pres,eq,approx,sub
# We serve small clients that do not handle referrals,
# so handle remote lookups on their behalf.
database ldap
suffix ""
uri ldap://ldap.some-server.com/
lastmod off
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" contains a longer annotated
example of a configuration file. The original ETCDIR/slapd.conf
is another example.
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
default slapd configuration file
ldap(3), gnutls-cli(1), slapd-config(5), slapd.access(5),
slapd.backends(5), slapd.overlays(5), slapd.plugin(5), slapd(8),
slapacl(8), slapadd(8), slapauth(8), slapcat(8), slapdn(8),
slapindex(8), slapmodify(8), slappasswd(8), slaptest(8).
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide"
(http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived
from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
This page is part of the OpenLDAP (an open source implementation
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