1 .TH SLAPD.CONF 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
2 .\" Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
3 .\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
6 slapd.conf \- configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
12 contains configuration information for the
14 daemon. This configuration file is also used by the SLAPD tools
26 file consists of a series of global configuration options that apply to
28 as a whole (including all backends), followed by zero or more database
29 backend definitions that contain information specific to a backend
31 The configuration options are case-insensitive;
32 their value, on a case by case basis, may be case-sensitive.
39 # comment - these options apply to every database
40 <global configuration options>
41 # first database definition & configuration options
42 database <backend 1 type>
43 <configuration options specific to backend 1>
44 # subsequent database definitions & configuration options
48 As many backend-specific sections as desired may be included. Global
49 options can be overridden in a backend (for options that appear more
50 than once, the last appearance in the
54 If a line begins with white space, it is considered a continuation
55 of the previous line. No physical line should be over 2000 bytes
58 Blank lines and comment lines beginning with
59 a `#' character are ignored. Note: continuation lines are unwrapped
60 before comment processing is applied.
62 Arguments on configuration lines are separated by white space. If an
63 argument contains white space, the argument should be enclosed in
64 double quotes. If an argument contains a double quote (`"') or a
65 backslash character (`\\'), the character should be preceded by a
68 The specific configuration options available are discussed below in the
69 Global Configuration Options, General Backend Options, and General Database
70 Options. Backend-specific options are discussed in the
72 manual pages. Refer to the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for more
73 details on the slapd configuration file.
74 .SH GLOBAL CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
75 Options described in this section apply to all backends, unless specifically
76 overridden in a backend definition. Arguments that should be replaced by
77 actual text are shown in brackets <>.
79 .B access to <what> "[ by <who> <access> <control> ]+"
80 Grant access (specified by <access>) to a set of entries and/or
81 attributes (specified by <what>) by one or more requestors (specified
83 If no access controls are present, the default policy
84 allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts
85 updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read").
86 The rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING!
89 and the "OpenLDAP's Administrator's Guide" for details.
92 Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
95 allows acceptance of LDAPv2 bind requests. Note that
97 does not truly implement LDAPv2 (RFC 1777), now Historic (RFC 3494).
99 allows anonymous bind when credentials are not empty (e.g.
102 allows unauthenticated (anonymous) bind when DN is not empty.
104 allows unauthenticated (anonymous) update operations to be processed
105 (subject to access controls and other administrative limits).
107 allows unauthenticated (anonymous) proxy authorization control to be processed
108 (subject to access controls, authorization and other administrative limits).
110 .B argsfile <filename>
111 The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the
113 server's command line options
114 if started without the debugging command line option.
116 .B attributeoptions [option-name]...
117 Define tagging attribute options or option tag/range prefixes.
118 Options must not end with `-', prefixes must end with `-'.
119 The `lang-' prefix is predefined.
122 directive, `lang-' will no longer be defined and you must specify it
123 explicitly if you want it defined.
125 An attribute description with a tagging option is a subtype of that
126 attribute description without the option.
127 Except for that, options defined this way have no special semantics.
128 Prefixes defined this way work like the `lang-' options:
129 They define a prefix for tagging options starting with the prefix.
130 That is, if you define the prefix `x-foo-', you can use the option
132 Furthermore, in a search or compare, a prefix or range name (with
133 a trailing `-') matches all options starting with that name, as well
134 as the option with the range name sans the trailing `-'.
135 That is, `x-foo-bar-' matches `x-foo-bar' and `x-foo-bar-baz'.
137 RFC 4520 reserves options beginning with `x-' for private experiments.
138 Other options should be registered with IANA, see RFC 4520 section 3.5.
139 OpenLDAP also has the `binary' option built in, but this is a transfer
140 option, not a tagging option.
143 .B attributetype "(\ <oid>\
145 [DESC\ <description>]\
154 [NO\-USER\-MODIFICATION]\
155 [USAGE\ <attributeUsage>]\ )"
157 Specify an attribute type using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
158 The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
159 forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
160 attribute syntax OID.
166 .B authz-policy <policy>
167 Used to specify which rules to use for Proxy Authorization. Proxy
168 authorization allows a client to authenticate to the server using one
169 user's credentials, but specify a different identity to use for authorization
170 and access control purposes. It essentially allows user A to login as user
171 B, using user A's password.
174 flag disables proxy authorization. This is the default setting.
177 flag will use rules in the
179 attribute of the authorization DN.
182 flag will use rules in the
184 attribute of the authentication DN.
187 flag, an alias for the deprecated value of
189 will allow any of the above, whatever succeeds first (checked in
195 flag requires both authorizations to succeed.
198 The rules are mechanisms to specify which identities are allowed
199 to perform proxy authorization.
202 attribute in an entry specifies which other users
203 are allowed to proxy login to this entry. The
206 an entry specifies which other users this user can authorize as. Use of
209 abused if users are allowed to write arbitrary values to this attribute.
212 attribute must be protected with ACLs such that
213 only privileged users can modify it.
220 or a set of identities; it can take five forms:
223 .B ldap:///<base>??[<scope>]?<filter>
226 .B dn[.<dnstyle>]:<pattern>
229 .B u[<mech>[<realm>]]:<pattern>
232 .B group[/objectClass[/attributeType]]:<pattern>
239 .B <dnstyle>:={exact|onelevel|children|subtree|regex}
242 The first form is a valid LDAP
250 portions must be absent, so that the search occurs locally on either
256 with the optional style modifiers
262 for exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
264 to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules, or the special
266 style, which causes the
268 to be treated as a POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, as
275 means any non-anonymous DN.
276 The third form is a SASL
278 with the optional fields
282 that allow to specify a SASL
284 and eventually a SASL
286 for those mechanisms that support one.
287 The need to allow the specification of a mechanism is still debated,
288 and users are strongly discouraged to rely on this possibility.
289 The fourth form is a group specification, consisting of the keyword
291 optionally followed by the specification of the group
297 is searched with base scope, and in case of match, the values of the
300 are searched for the asserted DN.
301 For backwards compatibility, if no identity type is provided, i.e. only
305 is assumed; as a consequence,
307 is subjected to DN normalization.
308 Since the interpretation of
312 can impact security, users are strongly encouraged
313 to explicitly set the type of identity specification that is being used.
314 A subset of these rules can be used as third arg in the
316 statement (see below); significantly, the
323 .B authz-regexp <match> <replace>
324 Used by the authentication framework to convert simple user names,
325 such as provided by SASL subsystem, to an LDAP DN used for
326 authorization purposes. Note that the resultant DN need not refer
327 to an existing entry to be considered valid. When an authorization
328 request is received from the SASL subsystem, the SASL
333 are taken, when available, and combined into a name of the form
337 .B UID=<username>[[,CN=<realm>],CN=<mechanism>],CN=auth
340 This name is then compared against the
342 POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, and if the match is successful,
343 the name is replaced with the
345 string. If there are wildcard strings in the
347 regular expression that are enclosed in parenthesis, e.g.
353 then the portion of the name that matched the wildcard will be stored
354 in the numbered placeholder variable $1. If there are other wildcard strings
355 in parenthesis, the matching strings will be in $2, $3, etc. up to $9. The
356 placeholders can then be used in the
361 .B UID=$1,OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com
364 The replaced name can be either a DN, i.e. a string prefixed by "dn:",
366 If the latter, the server will use the URI to search its own database(s)
367 and, if the search returns exactly one entry, the name is
368 replaced by the DN of that entry. The LDAP URI must have no
369 hostport, attrs, or extensions components, but the filter is mandatory,
373 .B ldap:///OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com??one?(UID=$1)
376 The protocol portion of the URI must be strictly
378 Note that this search is subject to access controls. Specifically,
379 the authentication identity must have "auth" access in the subject.
383 options can be given in the configuration file to allow for multiple matching
384 and replacement patterns. The matching patterns are checked in the order they
385 appear in the file, stopping at the first successful match.
388 .\"Because the plus sign + is a character recognized by the regular expression engine,
389 .\"and it will appear in names that include a REALM, be careful to escape the
390 .\"plus sign with a backslash \\+ to remove the character's special meaning.
393 .B concurrency <integer>
394 Specify a desired level of concurrency. Provided to the underlying
395 thread system as a hint. The default is not to provide any hint.
397 .B conn_max_pending <integer>
398 Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an anonymous session.
399 If requests are submitted faster than the server can process them, they
400 will be queued up to this limit. If the limit is exceeded, the session
401 is closed. The default is 100.
403 .B conn_max_pending_auth <integer>
404 Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an authenticated session.
407 .B defaultsearchbase <dn>
408 Specify a default search base to use when client submits a
409 non-base search request with an empty base DN.
410 Base scoped search requests with an empty base DN are not affected.
412 .B disallow <features>
413 Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
414 disallow (default none).
416 disables acceptance of anonymous bind requests. Note that this setting
417 does not prohibit anonymous directory access (See "require authc").
419 disables simple (bind) authentication.
421 disables forcing session to anonymous status (see also
423 upon StartTLS operation receipt.
425 disallows the StartTLS operation if authenticated (see also
429 .B ditcontentrule "(\ <oid>\
431 [DESC\ <description>]\
438 Specify an DIT Content Rule using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
439 The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
440 forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
441 attribute syntax OID.
447 .B gentlehup { on | off }
448 A SIGHUP signal will only cause a 'gentle' shutdown-attempt:
450 will stop listening for new connections, but will not close the
451 connections to the current clients. Future write operations return
452 unwilling-to-perform, though. Slapd terminates when all clients
453 have closed their connections (if they ever do), or \- as before \-
454 if it receives a SIGTERM signal. This can be useful if you wish to
455 terminate the server and start a new
458 .B with another database,
459 without disrupting the currently active clients.
460 The default is off. You may wish to use
462 along with this option.
464 .B idletimeout <integer>
465 Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing
466 an idle client connection. A idletimeout of 0 disables this
467 feature. The default is 0.
469 .B include <filename>
470 Read additional configuration information from the given file before
471 continuing with the next line of the current file.
473 .B index_intlen <integer>
474 Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The most significant
475 bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The minimum
476 value is 4, which provides exact indexing for 32 bit values.
477 The default is 0, which disables the use of ordered indexing.
479 .B index_substr_if_minlen <integer>
480 Specify the minimum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. An
481 attribute value must have at least this many characters in order to be
482 processed by the indexing functions. The default is 2.
484 .B index_substr_if_maxlen <integer>
485 Specify the maximum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. Only
486 this many characters of an attribute value will be processed by the
487 indexing functions; any excess characters are ignored. The default is 4.
489 .B index_substr_any_len <integer>
490 Specify the length used for subany indices. An attribute value must have
491 at least this many characters in order to be processed. Attribute values
492 longer than this length will be processed in segments of this length. The
493 default is 4. The subany index will also be used in subinitial and
494 subfinal index lookups when the filter string is longer than the
495 .I index_substr_if_maxlen
498 .B index_substr_any_step <integer>
499 Specify the steps used in subany index lookups. This value sets the offset
500 for the segments of a filter string that are processed for a subany index
501 lookup. The default is 2. For example, with the default values, a search
502 using this filter "cn=*abcdefgh*" would generate index lookups for
503 "abcd", "cdef", and "efgh".
506 Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use. Also,
507 changing these settings will generally require deleting any indices that
508 depend on these parameters and recreating them with slapindex.
512 Specifies the Security Strength Factor (SSF) to be given local LDAP sessions,
513 such as those to the ldapi:// listener. For a description of SSF values,
517 option description. The default is 71.
519 .B logfile <filename>
520 Specify a file for recording debug log messages. By default these messages
521 only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile
522 copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
524 .B loglevel <integer> [...]
525 Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation
526 statistics should be syslogged (currently logged to the
528 LOG_LOCAL4 facility).
529 They must be considered subsystems rather than increasingly verbose
531 Some messages with higher priority are logged regardless
532 of the configured loglevel as soon as any logging is configured.
533 Log levels are additive, and available levels are:
544 debug packet handling
548 heavy trace debugging (function args)
552 connection management
556 print out packets sent and received
560 search filter processing
564 configuration file processing
568 access control list processing
572 connections, LDAP operations, results (recommended)
576 stats log entries sent
580 print communication with shell backends
592 \"data indexing (unused)
600 only messages that get logged whatever log level is set
603 The desired log level can be input as a single integer that combines
604 the (ORed) desired levels, both in decimal or in hexadecimal notation,
605 as a list of integers (that are ORed internally),
606 or as a list of the names that are shown between brackets, such that
619 can be used as a shortcut to enable logging at all levels (equivalent to -1).
622 or the equivalent integer representation, causes those messages
623 that are logged regardless of the configured loglevel to be logged.
624 In fact, if loglevel is set to 0, no logging occurs,
627 level is required to have high priority messages logged.
629 The loglevel defaults to \fBstats\fP.
630 This level should usually also be included when using other loglevels, to
631 help analyze the logs.
634 .B moduleload <filename>
635 Specify the name of a dynamically loadable module to load. The filename
636 may be an absolute path name or a simple filename. Non-absolute names
637 are searched for in the directories specified by the
639 option. This option and the
641 option are only usable if slapd was compiled with --enable-modules.
643 .B modulepath <pathspec>
644 Specify a list of directories to search for loadable modules. Typically
645 the path is colon-separated but this depends on the operating system.
648 .B objectclass "(\ <oid>\
650 [DESC\ <description>]\
653 [{ ABSTRACT | STRUCTURAL | AUXILIARY }]\
654 [MUST\ <oids>] [MAY\ <oids>] )"
656 Specify an objectclass using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
657 The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
658 forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the object class OID.
662 description.) Object classes are "STRUCTURAL" by default.
665 .B objectidentifier <name> "{ <oid> | <name>[:<suffix>] }"
666 Define a string name that equates to the given OID. The string can be used
667 in place of the numeric OID in objectclass and attribute definitions. The
668 name can also be used with a suffix of the form ":xx" in which case the
669 value "oid.xx" will be used.
671 .B password-hash <hash> [<hash>...]
672 This option configures one or more hashes to be used in generation of user
673 passwords stored in the userPassword attribute during processing of
674 LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).
675 The <hash> must be one of
689 use the SHA-1 algorithm (FIPS 160-1), the latter with a seed.
694 use the MD5 algorithm (RFC 1321), the latter with a seed.
701 indicates that the new password should be
702 added to userPassword as clear text.
704 Note that this option does not alter the normal user applications
705 handling of userPassword during LDAP Add, Modify, or other LDAP operations.
707 .B password\-crypt\-salt\-format <format>
708 Specify the format of the salt passed to
710 when generating {CRYPT} passwords (see
712 during processing of LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).
714 This string needs to be in
716 format and may include one (and only one) %s conversion.
717 This conversion will be substituted with a string of random
718 characters from [A\-Za\-z0\-9./]. For example, "%.2s"
719 provides a two character salt and "$1$%.8s" tells some
720 versions of crypt(3) to use an MD5 algorithm and provides
721 8 random characters of salt. The default is "%s", which
722 provides 31 characters of salt.
724 .B pidfile <filename>
725 The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the
727 server's process ID ( see
729 ) if started without the debugging command line option.
732 Specify the referral to pass back when
734 cannot find a local database to handle a request.
735 If specified multiple times, each url is provided.
737 .B require <conditions>
738 Specify a set of conditions (separated by white space) to
739 require (default none).
740 The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database;
741 databases inherit global conditions, so per-database specifications
744 requires bind operation prior to directory operations.
746 requires session to be using LDAP version 3.
748 requires authentication prior to directory operations.
750 requires SASL authentication prior to directory operations.
752 requires strong authentication prior to directory operations.
753 The strong keyword allows protected "simple" authentication
754 as well as SASL authentication.
756 may be used to require no conditions (useful to clear out globally
757 set conditions within a particular database); it must occur first
758 in the list of conditions.
760 .B reverse-lookup on | off
761 Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup (default is
763 if compiled with --enable-rlookups).
766 Specify the name of an LDIF(5) file containing user defined attributes
767 for the root DSE. These attributes are returned in addition to the
768 attributes normally produced by slapd.
770 The root DSE is an entry with information about the server and its
771 capabilities, in operational attributes.
772 It has the empty DN, and can be read with e.g.:
774 ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base "+"
776 See RFC 4512 section 5.1 for details.
779 Used to specify the fully qualified domain name used for SASL processing.
781 .B sasl-realm <realm>
782 Specify SASL realm. Default is empty.
784 .B sasl-secprops <properties>
785 Used to specify Cyrus SASL security properties.
788 flag (without any other properties) causes the flag properties
789 default, "noanonymous,noplain", to be cleared.
792 flag disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.
795 flag disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
798 flag disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.
801 flag disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
804 flag require forward secrecy between sessions.
807 require mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allow
808 mechanisms which can pass credentials to do so).
811 property specifies the minimum acceptable
812 .I security strength factor
813 as an integer approximate to effective key length used for
814 encryption. 0 (zero) implies no protection, 1 implies integrity
815 protection only, 56 allows DES or other weak ciphers, 112
816 allows triple DES and other strong ciphers, 128 allows RC4,
817 Blowfish and other modern strong ciphers. The default is 0.
820 property specifies the maximum acceptable
821 .I security strength factor
822 as an integer (see minssf description). The default is INT_MAX.
825 property specifies the maximum security layer receive buffer
826 size allowed. 0 disables security layers. The default is 65536.
829 Specify the distinguished name for the subschema subentry that
830 controls the entries on this server. The default is "cn=Subschema".
832 .B security <factors>
833 Specify a set of security strength factors (separated by white space)
837 option for a description of security strength factors).
838 The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database.
840 specifies the overall security strength factor.
842 specifies the transport security strength factor.
844 specifies the TLS security strength factor.
846 specifies the SASL security strength factor.
848 specifies the overall security strength factor to require for
850 .B update_transport=<n>
851 specifies the transport security strength factor to require for
854 specifies the TLS security strength factor to require for
857 specifies the SASL security strength factor to require for
860 specifies the security strength factor required for
862 username/password authentication.
865 factor is measure of security provided by the underlying transport,
866 e.g. ldapi:// (and eventually IPSEC). It is not normally used.
868 .B serverID <integer> [<URL>]
869 Specify an integer ID from 0 to 4095 for this server (limited
870 to 3 hexadecimal digits).
872 required when using multimaster replication and each master must have a
873 unique ID. If the URL is provided, this directive may be specified
874 multiple times, providing a complete list of participating servers
875 and their IDs. The fully qualified hostname of each server should be
876 used in the supplied URLs. The IDs are used in the "replica id" field
877 of all CSNs generated by the specified server. The default value is zero.
884 .B sizelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
886 .B sizelimit size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> [...]
887 Specify the maximum number of entries to return from a search operation.
888 The default size limit is 500.
891 to specify no limits.
892 The second format allows a fine grain setting of the size limits.
893 Extra args can be added on the same line.
896 for an explanation of the different flags.
898 .B sockbuf_max_incoming <integer>
899 Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for anonymous sessions.
900 The default is 262143.
902 .B sockbuf_max_incoming_auth <integer>
903 Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for authenticated sessions.
904 The default is 4194303.
906 .B sortvals <attr> [...]
907 Specify a list of multi-valued attributes whose values will always
908 be maintained in sorted order. Using this option will allow Modify,
909 Compare, and filter evaluations on these attributes to be performed
910 more efficiently. The resulting sort order depends on the
911 attributes' syntax and matching rules and may not correspond to
912 lexical order or any other recognizable order.
915 Specify the maximum size of the primary thread pool.
916 The default is 16; the minimum value is 2.
918 .B timelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
920 .B timelimit time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
921 Specify the maximum number of seconds (in real time)
923 will spend answering a search request. The default time limit is 3600.
926 to specify no limits.
927 The second format allows a fine grain setting of the time limits.
928 Extra args can be added on the same line.
931 for an explanation of the different flags.
933 .B tool-threads <integer>
934 Specify the maximum number of threads to use in tool mode.
935 This should not be greater than the number of CPUs in the system.
937 .\"ucdata-path is obsolete / ignored...
939 .\".B ucdata-path <path>
940 .\"Specify the path to the directory containing the Unicode character
941 .\"tables. The default path is DATADIR/ucdata.
945 is built with support for Transport Layer Security, there are more options
948 .B TLSCipherSuite <cipher-suite-spec>
949 Permits configuring what ciphers will be accepted and the preference order.
950 <cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specification for OpenSSL. Example:
952 TLSCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2
954 To check what ciphers a given spec selects, use:
957 openssl ciphers -v <cipher-suite-spec>
960 To obtain the list of ciphers in GNUtls use:
967 .B TLSCACertificateFile <filename>
968 Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of the Certificate
973 .B TLSCACertificatePath <path>
974 Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
975 certificates in separate individual files. Usually only one of this
976 or the TLSCACertificateFile is used. This directive is not supported
979 .B TLSCertificateFile <filename>
980 Specifies the file that contains the
984 .B TLSCertificateKeyFile <filename>
985 Specifies the file that contains the
987 server private key that matches the certificate stored in the
988 .B TLSCertificateFile
989 file. Currently, the private key must not be protected with a password, so
990 it is of critical importance that it is protected carefully.
992 .B TLSDHParamFile <filename>
993 This directive specifies the file that contains parameters for Diffie-Hellman
994 ephemeral key exchange. This is required in order to use a DSA certificate on
995 the server. If multiple sets of parameters are present in the file, all of
996 them will be processed. Note that setting this option may also enable
997 Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchanges in certain non-default cipher suites.
998 You should append "!ADH" to your cipher suites if you have changed them
999 from the default, otherwise no certificate exchanges or verification will
1000 be done. When using GNUtls these parameters are always generated randomly so
1001 this directive is ignored.
1003 .B TLSRandFile <filename>
1004 Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]random
1005 is not available. Generally set to the name of the EGD/PRNGD socket.
1006 The environment variable RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename.
1007 This directive is ignored with GNUtls.
1009 .B TLSVerifyClient <level>
1010 Specifies what checks to perform on client certificates in an
1011 incoming TLS session, if any.
1014 can be specified as one of the following keywords:
1018 This is the default.
1020 will not ask the client for a certificate.
1023 The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
1024 the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
1025 it will be ignored and the session proceeds normally.
1028 The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
1029 the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
1030 the session is immediately terminated.
1032 .B demand | hard | true
1033 These keywords are all equivalent, for compatibility reasons.
1034 The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
1035 or a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.
1037 Note that a valid client certificate is required in order to use the
1038 SASL EXTERNAL authentication mechanism with a TLS session. As such,
1041 setting must be chosen to enable SASL EXTERNAL authentication.
1044 .B TLSCRLCheck <level>
1045 Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the CA should be
1046 used to verify if the client certificates have not been revoked. This
1048 .B TLSCACertificatePath
1049 parameter to be set. This directive is ignored with GNUtls.
1051 can be specified as one of the following keywords:
1055 No CRL checks are performed
1058 Check the CRL of the peer certificate
1061 Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain
1064 .B TLSCRLFile <filename>
1065 Specifies a file containing a Certificate Revocation List to be used
1066 for verifying that certificates have not been revoked. This directive is
1067 only valid when using GNUtls.
1068 .SH GENERAL BACKEND OPTIONS
1069 Options in this section only apply to the configuration file section
1070 for the specified backend. They are supported by every
1073 .B backend <databasetype>
1074 Mark the beginning of a backend definition. <databasetype>
1091 depending on which backend will serve the database.
1093 .SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
1094 Options in this section only apply to the configuration file section
1095 for the database in which they are defined. They are supported by every
1096 type of backend. Note that the
1100 option are mandatory for each database.
1102 .B database <databasetype>
1103 Mark the beginning of a new database instance definition. <databasetype>
1120 depending on which backend will serve the database.
1123 Controls whether the database will be used to answer
1124 queries. A database that is hidden will never be
1125 selected to answer any queries, and any suffix configured
1126 on the database will be ignored in checks for conflicts
1127 with other databases. By default, hidden is off.
1132 will automatically maintain the
1133 modifiersName, modifyTimestamp, creatorsName, and
1134 createTimestamp attributes for entries. It also controls
1135 the entryCSN and entryUUID attributes, which are needed
1136 by the syncrepl provider. By default, lastmod is on.
1138 .B limits <who> <limit> [<limit> [...]]
1139 Specify time and size limits based on who initiated an operation.
1146 anonymous | users | [dn[.<style>]=]<pattern> | group[/oc[/at]]=<pattern>
1152 <style> ::= exact | base | onelevel | subtree | children | regex | anonymous
1157 matches all unauthenticated clients.
1160 matches all authenticated clients;
1163 dn pattern is assumed unless otherwise specified by qualifying
1164 the (optional) key string
1170 (which are synonyms), to require an exact match; with
1172 to require exactly one level of depth match; with
1174 to allow any level of depth match, including the exact match; with
1176 to allow any level of depth match, not including the exact match;
1178 explicitly requires the (default) match based on POSIX (''extended'')
1179 regular expression pattern.
1182 matches unbound operations; the
1185 The same behavior is obtained by using the
1192 with the optional objectClass
1198 sets the limits for any DN listed in the values of the
1204 group objectClass (default
1206 whose DN exactly matches
1209 The currently supported limits are
1214 The syntax for time limits is
1215 .BR time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> ,
1218 is the number of seconds slapd will spend answering a search request.
1219 If no time limit is explicitly requested by the client, the
1221 limit is used; if the requested time limit exceeds the
1224 .\".I "Administrative limit exceeded"
1225 .\"error is returned.
1226 limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
1229 limit is set to the keyword
1231 the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the keyword
1233 no hard limit is enforced.
1234 Explicit requests for time limits smaller or equal to the
1237 If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the
1243 to preserve the original behavior.
1245 The syntax for size limits is
1246 .BR size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> ,
1249 is the maximum number of entries slapd will return answering a search
1251 If no size limit is explicitly requested by the client, the
1253 limit is used; if the requested size limit exceeds the
1256 .\".I "Administrative limit exceeded"
1257 .\"error is returned.
1258 limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
1261 limit is set to the keyword
1263 the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the keyword
1265 no hard limit is enforced.
1266 Explicit requests for size limits smaller or equal to the
1271 specifier sets a limit on the number of candidates a search request is allowed
1273 The rationale behind it is that searches for non-properly indexed
1274 attributes may result in large sets of candidates, which must be
1277 to determine whether they match the search filter or not.
1280 limit provides a means to drop such operations before they are even
1282 If the selected candidates exceed the
1284 limit, the search will abort with
1285 .IR "Unwilling to perform" .
1286 If it is set to the keyword
1288 no limit is applied (the default).
1291 the search is not even performed; this can be used to disallow searches
1292 for a specific set of users.
1293 If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the
1299 to preserve the original behavior.
1301 In case of no match, the global limits are used.
1302 The default values are the same of
1311 control is requested, the
1313 size limit is used by default, because the request of a specific page size
1314 is considered an explicit request for a limitation on the number
1315 of entries to be returned.
1316 However, the size limit applies to the total count of entries returned within
1317 the search, and not to a single page.
1318 Additional size limits may be enforced; the syntax is
1319 .BR size.pr={<integer>|noEstimate|unlimited} ,
1322 is the max page size if no explicit limit is set; the keyword
1324 inhibits the server from returning an estimate of the total number
1325 of entries that might be returned
1326 (note: the current implementation does not return any estimate).
1329 indicates that no limit is applied to the pagedResults control page size.
1331 .B size.prtotal={<integer>|unlimited|disabled}
1332 allows to set a limit on the total number of entries that a pagedResults
1333 control allows to return.
1334 By default it is set to the
1339 is the max number of entries that the whole search with pagedResults control
1343 to allow unlimited number of entries to be returned, e.g. to allow
1344 the use of the pagedResults control as a means to circumvent size
1345 limitations on regular searches; the keyword
1347 disables the control, i.e. no paged results can be returned.
1348 Note that the total number of entries returned when the pagedResults control
1349 is requested cannot exceed the
1351 size limit of regular searches unless extended by the
1356 .B maxderefdepth <depth>
1357 Specifies the maximum number of aliases to dereference when trying to
1358 resolve an entry, used to avoid infinite alias loops. The default is 15.
1360 .B mirrormode on | off
1361 This option puts a replica database into "mirror" mode. Update
1362 operations will be accepted from any user, not just the updatedn. The
1363 database must already be configured as a syncrepl consumer
1364 before this keyword may be set. This mode also requires a
1366 (see above) to be configured.
1367 By default, mirrormode is off.
1369 .B monitoring on | off
1370 This option enables database-specific monitoring in the entry related
1371 to the current database in the "cn=Databases,cn=Monitor" subtree
1372 of the monitor database, if the monitor database is enabled.
1373 Currently, only the BDB and the HDB databases provide database-specific
1375 The default depends on the backend type.
1377 .B overlay <overlay-name>
1378 Add the specified overlay to this database. An overlay is a piece of
1379 code that intercepts database operations in order to extend or change
1380 them. Overlays are pushed onto
1381 a stack over the database, and so they will execute in the reverse
1382 of the order in which they were configured and the database itself
1383 will receive control last of all. See the
1384 .BR slapd.overlays (5)
1385 manual page for an overview of the available overlays.
1386 Note that all of the database's
1387 regular settings should be configured before any overlay settings.
1389 .B readonly on | off
1390 This option puts the database into "read-only" mode. Any attempts to
1391 modify the database will return an "unwilling to perform" error. By
1392 default, readonly is off.
1395 .B replica uri=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]|host=<hostname>[:port]
1396 .B [starttls=yes|critical]
1397 .B [suffix=<suffix> [...]]
1398 .B bindmethod=simple|sasl [binddn=<simple DN>] [credentials=<simple password>]
1399 .B [saslmech=<SASL mech>] [secprops=<properties>] [realm=<realm>]
1400 .B [authcId=<authentication ID>] [authzId=<authorization ID>]
1401 .B [attrs[!]=<attr list>]
1403 Specify a replication site for this database. Refer to the "OpenLDAP
1404 Administrator's Guide" for detailed information on setting up a replicated
1406 directory service. Zero or more
1408 instances can be used to select the subtrees that will be replicated
1409 (defaults to all the database).
1411 is deprecated in favor of the
1415 allows the replica LDAP server to be specified as an LDAP URI.
1420 requires the options
1424 and should only be used when adequate security services
1425 (e.g TLS or IPSEC) are in place. A
1431 Specific security properties (as with the
1433 keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
1435 option. A non-default SASL realm can be set with the
1440 will use Kerberos, a kerberos instance should be given in
1444 can be given after the
1446 keyword to allow the selective replication of the listed attributes only;
1449 mark is used, the list is considered exclusive, i.e. the listed attributes
1451 If an objectClass is listed, all the related attributes
1452 are (are not) replicated.
1455 .B restrict <oplist>
1456 Specify a whitespace separated list of operations that are restricted.
1457 If defined inside a database specification, restrictions apply only
1458 to that database, otherwise they are global.
1459 Operations can be any of
1464 .BR extended[=<OID>] ,
1468 or the special pseudo-operations
1472 which respectively summarize read and write operations.
1480 keyword allows to indicate the OID of the specific operation
1484 Specify the distinguished name that is not subject to access control
1485 or administrative limit restrictions for operations on this database.
1486 This DN may or may not be associated with an entry. An empty root
1487 DN (the default) specifies no root access is to be granted. It is
1488 recommended that the rootdn only be specified when needed (such as
1489 when initially populating a database). If the rootdn is within
1490 a namingContext (suffix) of the database, a simple bind password
1491 may also be provided using the
1493 directive. Many optional features, including syncrepl, require the
1494 rootdn to be defined for the database.
1496 .B rootpw <password>
1497 Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn. The
1498 password can only be set if the rootdn is within the namingContext
1499 (suffix) of the database.
1500 This option accepts all RFC 2307 userPassword formats known to
1503 description) as well as cleartext.
1505 may be used to generate a hash of a password. Cleartext
1506 and \fB{CRYPT}\fP passwords are not recommended. If empty
1507 (the default), authentication of the root DN is by other means
1508 (e.g. SASL). Use of SASL is encouraged.
1510 .B suffix <dn suffix>
1511 Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to this
1512 backend database. Multiple suffix lines can be given and at least one is
1513 required for each database definition.
1514 If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of another, the database
1515 with the inner suffix must come first in the configuration file.
1517 .B subordinate [advertise]
1518 Specify that the current backend database is a subordinate of another
1519 backend database. A subordinate database may have only one suffix. This
1520 option may be used to glue multiple databases into a single namingContext.
1521 If the suffix of the current database is within the namingContext of a
1522 superior database, searches against the superior database will be
1523 propagated to the subordinate as well. All of the databases
1524 associated with a single namingContext should have identical rootdns.
1525 Behavior of other LDAP operations is unaffected by this setting. In
1526 particular, it is not possible to use moddn to move an entry from
1527 one subordinate to another subordinate within the namingContext.
1529 If the optional \fBadvertise\fP flag is supplied, the naming context of
1530 this database is advertised in the root DSE. The default is to hide this
1531 database context, so that only the superior context is visible.
1538 are used on the superior database, any glued subordinates that support
1539 these tools are opened as well.
1541 Databases that are glued together should usually be configured with the
1542 same indices (assuming they support indexing), even for attributes that
1543 only exist in some of these databases. In general, all of the glued
1544 databases should be configured as similarly as possible, since the intent
1545 is to provide the appearance of a single directory.
1547 Note that the \fIsubordinate\fP functionality is implemented internally
1548 by the \fIglue\fP overlay and as such its behavior will interact with other
1549 overlays in use. By default, the glue overlay is automatically configured as
1550 the last overlay on the superior backend. Its position on the backend
1551 can be explicitly configured by setting an \fBoverlay glue\fP directive
1552 at the desired position. This explicit configuration is necessary e.g.
1553 when using the \fIsyncprov\fP overlay, which needs to follow \fIglue\fP
1554 in order to work over all of the glued databases. E.g.
1558 suffix dc=example,dc=com
1566 .B syncrepl rid=<replica ID>
1567 .B provider=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]
1568 .B searchbase=<base DN>
1569 .B [type=refreshOnly|refreshAndPersist]
1570 .B [interval=dd:hh:mm:ss]
1571 .B [retry=[<retry interval> <# of retries>]+]
1572 .B [filter=<filter str>]
1573 .B [scope=sub|one|base|subord]
1574 .B [attrs=<attr list>]
1576 .B [sizelimit=<limit>]
1577 .B [timelimit=<limit>]
1578 .B [schemachecking=on|off]
1579 .B [bindmethod=simple|sasl]
1581 .B [saslmech=<mech>]
1582 .B [authcid=<identity>]
1583 .B [authzid=<identity>]
1584 .B [credentials=<passwd>]
1586 .B [secprops=<properties>]
1587 .B [starttls=yes|critical]
1588 .B [tls_cert=<file>]
1590 .B [tls_cacert=<file>]
1591 .B [tls_cacertdir=<path>]
1592 .B [tls_reqcert=never|allow|try|demand]
1593 .B [tls_ciphersuite=<ciphers>]
1594 .B [tls_crlcheck=none|peer|all]
1595 .B [logbase=<base DN>]
1596 .B [logfilter=<filter str>]
1597 .B [syncdata=default|accesslog|changelog]
1599 Specify the current database as a replica which is kept up-to-date with the
1600 master content by establishing the current
1602 as a replication consumer site running a
1605 The replica content is kept synchronized to the master content using
1606 the LDAP Content Synchronization protocol. Refer to the
1607 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for detailed information on
1608 setting up a replicated
1610 directory service using the
1615 identifies the current
1617 directive within the replication consumer site.
1618 It is a non-negative integer not greater than 4095 (limited
1619 to three hexadecimal digits).
1622 specifies the replication provider site containing the master content
1623 as an LDAP URI. If <port> is not given, the standard LDAP port number
1624 (389 or 636) is used.
1628 replica is defined using a search
1629 specification as its result set. The consumer
1631 will send search requests to the provider
1633 according to the search specification. The search specification includes
1634 .B searchbase, scope, filter, attrs, attrsonly, sizelimit,
1637 parameters as in the normal search specification.
1638 The \fBscope\fP defaults to \fBsub\fP, the \fBfilter\fP defaults to
1639 \fB(objectclass=*)\fP, and there is no default \fBsearchbase\fP. The
1640 \fBattrs\fP list defaults to \fB"*,+"\fP to return all user and operational
1641 attributes, and \fBattrsonly\fP is unset by default.
1642 The \fBsizelimit\fP and \fBtimelimit\fP only
1643 accept "unlimited" and positive integers, and both default to "unlimited".
1644 Note, however, that any provider-side limits for the replication identity
1645 will be enforced by the provider regardless of the limits requested
1646 by the LDAP Content Synchronization operation, much like for any other
1649 The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two operation types.
1652 operation, the next synchronization search operation
1653 is periodically rescheduled at an interval time (specified by
1655 parameter; 1 day by default)
1656 after each synchronization operation finishes.
1658 .B refreshAndPersist
1659 operation, a synchronization search remains persistent in the provider slapd.
1660 Further updates to the master replica will generate
1661 .B searchResultEntry
1662 to the consumer slapd as the search responses to the persistent
1663 synchronization search.
1665 If an error occurs during replication, the consumer will attempt to
1666 reconnect according to the
1668 parameter which is a list of the <retry interval> and <# of retries> pairs.
1669 For example, retry="60 10 300 3" lets the consumer retry every 60 seconds
1670 for the first 10 times and then retry every 300 seconds for the next 3
1671 times before stop retrying. The `+' in <# of retries> means indefinite
1672 number of retries until success.
1674 The schema checking can be enforced at the LDAP Sync
1675 consumer site by turning on the
1677 parameter. The default is off.
1683 requires the options
1687 and should only be used when adequate security services
1688 (e.g. TLS or IPSEC) are in place.
1689 .B REMEMBER: simple bind credentials must be in cleartext!
1696 Depending on the mechanism, an authentication identity and/or
1697 credentials can be specified using
1703 parameter may be used to specify an authorization identity.
1704 Specific security properties (as with the
1706 keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
1708 option. A non default SASL realm can be set with the
1711 The provider, other than allow authentication of the syncrepl identity,
1712 should grant that identity appropriate access privileges to the data
1713 that is being replicated (\fBaccess\fP directive), and appropriate time
1714 and size limits (\fBlimits\fP directive).
1719 parameter specifies use of the StartTLS extended operation
1720 to establish a TLS session before Binding to the provider. If the
1722 argument is supplied, the session will be aborted if the StartTLS request
1723 fails. Otherwise the syncrepl session continues without TLS. The
1724 tls_reqcert setting defaults to "demand" and the other TLS settings
1725 default to the same as the main slapd TLS settings.
1727 Rather than replicating whole entries, the consumer can query logs of
1728 data modifications. This mode of operation is referred to as \fIdelta
1729 syncrepl\fP. In addition to the above parameters, the
1733 parameters must be set appropriately for the log that will be used. The
1735 parameter must be set to either "accesslog" if the log conforms to the
1736 .BR slapo-accesslog (5)
1737 log format, or "changelog" if the log conforms
1738 to the obsolete \fIchangelog\fP format. If the
1740 parameter is omitted or set to "default" then the log parameters are
1745 This option is only applicable in a slave
1747 It specifies the DN permitted to update (subject to access controls)
1748 the replica. It is only needed in certain push-mode
1749 replication scenarios. Generally, this DN
1756 Specify the referral to pass back when
1758 is asked to modify a replicated local database.
1759 If specified multiple times, each url is provided.
1761 .SH DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
1762 Each database may allow specific configuration options; they are
1763 documented separately in the backends' manual pages. See the
1764 .BR slapd.backends (5)
1765 manual page for an overview of available backends.
1768 Here is a short example of a configuration file:
1772 include SYSCONFDIR/schema/core.schema
1773 pidfile LOCALSTATEDIR/run/slapd.pid
1775 # Subtypes of "name" (e.g. "cn" and "ou") with the
1776 # option ";x-hidden" can be searched for/compared,
1777 # but are not shown. See \fBslapd.access\fP(5).
1778 attributeoptions x-hidden lang-
1779 access to attrs=name;x-hidden by * =cs
1781 # Protect passwords. See \fBslapd.access\fP(5).
1782 access to attrs=userPassword by * auth
1783 # Read access to other attributes and entries.
1784 access to * by * read
1787 suffix "dc=our-domain,dc=com"
1788 # The database directory MUST exist prior to
1789 # running slapd AND should only be accessible
1790 # by the slapd/tools. Mode 0700 recommended.
1791 directory LOCALSTATEDIR/openldap-data
1792 # Indices to maintain
1793 index objectClass eq
1794 index cn,sn,mail pres,eq,approx,sub
1796 # We serve small clients that do not handle referrals,
1797 # so handle remote lookups on their behalf.
1800 uri ldap://ldap.some-server.com/
1805 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" contains a longer annotated
1806 example of a configuration file.
1807 The original ETCDIR/slapd.conf is another example.
1811 default slapd configuration file
1814 .BR slapd\-config (5),
1815 .BR slapd.access (5),
1816 .BR slapd.backends (5),
1817 .BR slapd.overlays (5),
1818 .BR slapd.plugin (5),
1819 .BR slapd.replog (5),
1830 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
1831 .SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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