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NAME         top

       slapo-unique - Attribute Uniqueness overlay to slapd

SYNOPSIS         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION         top

       The Attribute Uniqueness overlay can be used with a backend
       database such as slapd-mdb(5) to enforce the uniqueness of some
       or all attributes within a scope. This subtree defaults to all
       objects within the subtree of the database for which the
       Uniqueness overlay is configured.

       Uniqueness is enforced by searching the subtree to ensure that
       the values of all attributes presented with an add, modify or
       modrdn operation are unique within the scope.  For example, if
       uniqueness were enforced for the uid attribute, the subtree would
       be searched for any other records which also have a uid attribute
       containing the same value. If any are found, the request is
       rejected.

       The search is performed using the rootdn of the database, to
       avoid issues with ACLs preventing the overlay from seeing all of
       the relevant data. As such, the database must have a rootdn
       configured.

CONFIGURATION         top

       These slapd.conf options apply to the Attribute Uniqueness
       overlay.  They should appear after the overlay directive.

       unique_uri <[strict ][ignore ][serialize ]URI[[ URI...]...]>
              Configure the base, attributes, scope, and filter for
              uniqueness checking.  Multiple URIs may be specified
              within a domain, allowing complex selections of objects.
              Multiple unique_uri statements or olcUniqueURI attribute
              values will create independent domains, each with their
              own independent lists of URIs and ignore/strict settings.

              Keywords strict, ignore, and serialize have to be enclosed
              in quotes (") together with the URI when using deprecated
              slapd.conf configurations.

              The LDAP URI syntax is a subset of RFC-4516, and takes the
              form:

              ldap:///[base dn]?[attributes...]?scope[?filter]

              The base dn defaults to that of the back-end database.
              Specified base dns must be within the subtree of the back-
              end database.

              If no attributes are specified, the URI applies to all
              non-operational attributes.

              The scope component is effectively mandatory, because LDAP
              URIs default to base scope, which is not valid for
              uniqueness, because groups of one object are always
              unique.  Scopes of sub (for subtree) and one for one-level
              are valid.

              The filter component causes the domain to apply uniqueness
              constraints only to matching objects.  e.g.
              ldap:///?cn?sub?(sn=e*) would require unique cn attributes
              for all objects in the subtree of the back-end database
              whose sn starts with an e.

              It is possible to assert uniqueness upon all non-
              operational attributes except those listed by prepending
              the keyword ignore If not configured, all non-operational
              (e.g., system) attributes must be unique. Note that the
              attributes list of an ignore URI should generally contain
              the objectClass, dc, ou and o attributes, as these will
              generally not be unique, nor are they operational
              attributes.

              It is possible to set strict checking for the uniqueness
              domain by prepending the keyword strict.  By default,
              uniqueness is not enforced for null values. Enabling
              strict mode extends the concept of uniqueness to include
              null values, such that only one attribute within a subtree
              will be allowed to have a null value.  Strictness applies
              to all URIs within a uniqueness domain, but some domains
              may be strict while others are not.

              It is possible to enforce strict serialization of
              modifications by prepending the keyword serialize.  By
              default, no serialization is performed, so multiple
              modifications occurring nearly simultaneously may see
              incomplete uniqueness results.  Using serialize will force
              individual write operations to fully complete before
              allowing any others to proceed, to ensure that each
              operation's uniqueness checks are consistent.

       It is not possible to set both URIs and legacy slapo-unique
       configuration parameters simultaneously. In general, the legacy
       configuration options control pieces of a single unfiltered
       subtree domain.

       unique_base <basedn>
              This legacy configuration parameter should be converted to
              the base dn component of the above unique_uri style of
              parameter.

       unique_ignore <attribute...>
              This legacy configuration parameter should be converted to
              a unique_uri parameter with ignore keyword as described
              above.

       unique_attributes <attribute...>
              This legacy configuration parameter should be converted to
              a unique_uri parameter, as described above.

       unique_strict <attribute...>
              This legacy configuration parameter should be converted to
              a strict keyword prepended to a unique_uri parameter, as
              described above.

CAVEATS         top

       unique_uri cannot be used with the old-style of configuration,
       and vice versa.  unique_uri can implement everything the older
       system can do, however.

       Typical attributes for the ignore ldap:///...  URIs are
       intentionally not hardcoded into the overlay to allow for maximum
       flexibility in meeting site-specific requirements.

       Replication and operations with the relax control are allowed to
       bypass this enforcement. It is therefore important that all
       servers accepting writes have this overlay configured in order to
       maintain uniqueness in a replicated DIT.

FILES         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO         top

       slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5).

COLOPHON         top

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