1 .TH SLAPD-LDAP 5 "30 April 2002" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapd-ldap \- LDAP backend to slapd
12 is not an actual database; instead it acts as a proxy to forward incoming
13 requests to another LDAP server. While processing requests it will also
14 chase referrals, so that referrals are fully processed instead of being
15 returned to the slapd client.
19 options apply to the LDAP backend database.
20 That is, they must follow a "database ldap" line and come before any
21 subsequent "backend" or "database" lines.
22 Other database options are described in the
30 Obsolete option; same as `uri ldap://<hostport>/'.
32 .B binddn "<administrative DN for access control purposes>"
33 DN which is used to query the target server for acl checking; it
34 should have read access on the target server to attributes used on the
35 proxy for acl checking.
36 There is no risk of giving away such values; they are only used to
40 Password used with the bind DN above.
43 If this option is given, the client's bind credentials are remembered
44 for rebinds when chasing referrals.
46 .B suffixmassage <suffix> <massaged (remote) suffix>
47 DNs ending with <suffix> in a request are changed to end with <remote
48 suffix> before sending the request to the remote server, and <remote
49 suffix> in the results are changed back to <suffix> before returning
51 The <suffix> field must be defined as a valid suffix (or suffixAlias?)
52 for the current database; the <massaged suffix> shouldn't have already
53 been defined as a valid suffix or suffixAlias for the current server.
55 .B map "{attribute | objectclass} {<local name> | *} [<foreign name> | *]"
56 Map attribute names and object classes from the foreign server to
57 different values on the local slapd.
58 The reason is that some attributes might not be part of the local
59 slapd's schema, some attribute names might be different but serve the
61 If local or foreign name is `*', the name is preserved.
62 If foreign name is missing, the name is dropped.
63 Local name `*' and no foreign name means unmapped attributes are
64 removed, while local name = foreign name = `*' means unmapped
65 attributes are preserved.
68 The rewrite options are described in the "REWRITING" section of the
72 This maps the OpenLDAP objectclass `groupOfNames' to the Active
73 Directory objectclass `group':
76 map objectclass groupOfNames group
79 This presents a limited a limited attribute set from the foreign
85 map attribute manager *
86 map attribute description *
90 These lines map cn, sn, manager, and description to themselves, and
91 any other attribute gets "removed" from the object before it is sent
92 to the client (or sent up to the LDAP server). This is obviously a
93 simplistic example, but you get the point.