1 .TH SLAPD-NULL 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
2 .\" Copyright 2002-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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6 slapd-null \- Null backend to slapd
12 is surely the most useful part of
15 - Searches return success but no entries.
17 - Compares return compareFalse.
19 - Updates return success (unless readonly is on) but do nothing.
21 - Binds fail unless the database option "bind on" is given.
27 tools are equally exciting.
29 Inspired by the /dev/null device.
33 option applies to the NULL backend database.
34 That is, it must follow a "database null" line and come before
35 any subsequent "database" lines.
36 Other database options are described in the
41 Allow binds as DNs in this backend's suffix.
44 Here is a possible slapd.conf extract using the Null backend:
56 backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in
61 default slapd configuration file