.TH SLAPO-CHAIN 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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+.\" Copyright 1998-2014 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
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.SH NAME
-slapo-chain \- chain overlay
+slapo\-chain \- chain overlay to slapd
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
that identity can be asserted while chasing the referrals
by means of the \fIidentity assertion\fP feature of back-ldap
(see
-.BR slapd-ldap (5)
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5)
for details), which is essentially based on the
.B proxied authorization
control [RFC 4370].
related to the instances of the \fIldap\fP backend that may be implicitly
instantiated by the overlay may assume a special meaning when used
in conjunction with this overlay. They are described in
-.BR slapd-ldap (5),
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
and they also need to be prefixed by
.BR chain\- .
+
+Note: this overlay is built into the \fIldap\fP backend; it is not
+a separate module.
+
.TP
.B overlay chain
This directive adds the chain overlay to the current backend.
The chain overlay may be used with any backend, but it is mainly
intended for use with local storage backends that may return referrals.
-It is useless in conjunction with the \fIslapd-ldap\fP and \fIslapd-meta\fP
+It is useless in conjunction with the \fIslapd\-ldap\fP and \fIslapd\-meta\fP
backends because they already exploit the libldap specific referral chase
feature.
[Note: this may change in the future, as the \fBldap\fP(5) and
\fBmeta\fP(5) backends might no longer chase referrals on their own.]
.TP
-.B chain-cache-uri {FALSE|true}
+.B chain\-cache\-uri {FALSE|true}
This directive instructs the \fIchain\fP overlay to cache
connections to URIs parsed out of referrals that are not predefined,
to be reused for later chaining.
These URIs inherit the properties configured for the underlying
-\fBslapd-ldap\fP(5) before any occurrence of the \fBchain-uri\fP
+\fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5) before any occurrence of the \fBchain\-uri\fP
directive; basically, they are chained anonymously.
.TP
-.B chain-chaining [resolve=<r>] [continuation=<c>] [critical]
+.B chain\-chaining [resolve=<r>] [continuation=<c>] [critical]
This directive enables the \fIchaining\fP control
(see \fIdraft-sermersheim-ldap-chaining\fP for details)
with the desired resolve and continuation behaviors and criticality.
If the \fBcritical\fP flag affects the control criticality if provided.
[This control is experimental and its support may change in the future.]
.TP
-.B chain-max-depth <n>
+.B chain\-max\-depth <n>
In case a referral is returned during referral chasing, further chasing
occurs at most \fB<n>\fP levels deep. Set to \fB1\fP (the default)
to disable further referral chasing.
.TP
-.B chain-return-error {FALSE|true}
+.B chain\-return\-error {FALSE|true}
In case referral chasing fails, the real error is returned instead
of the original referral. In case multiple referral URIs are present,
only the first error is returned. This behavior may not be always
better resolved by the client (e.g. when caused by distributed
authentication issues).
.TP
-.B chain-uri <ldapuri>
+.B chain\-uri <ldapuri>
This directive instantiates a new underlying \fIldap\fP database
and instructs it about which URI to contact to chase referrals.
-As opposed to what stated in \fBslapd-ldap\fP(5), only one URI
-can appear after this directive; all subsequent \fBslapd-ldap\fP(5)
-directives prefixed by \fBchain-\fP refer to this specific instance
+As opposed to what stated in \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5), only one URI
+can appear after this directive; all subsequent \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5)
+directives prefixed by \fBchain\-\fP refer to this specific instance
of a remote server.
.LP
.RS
.nf
overlay chain
-chain-rebind-as-user FALSE
+chain\-rebind\-as\-user FALSE
-chain-uri "ldap://ldap1.example.com"
-chain-rebind-as-user TRUE
-chain-idassert-bind bindmethod="simple"
+chain\-uri "ldap://ldap1.example.com"
+chain\-rebind\-as\-user TRUE
+chain\-idassert\-bind bindmethod="simple"
binddn="cn=Auth,dc=example,dc=com"
credentials="secret"
mode="self"
-chain-uri "ldap://ldap2.example.com"
-chain-idassert-bind bindmethod="simple"
+chain\-uri "ldap://ldap2.example.com"
+chain\-idassert\-bind bindmethod="simple"
binddn="cn=Auth,dc=example,dc=com"
credentials="secret"
mode="none"
.RE
.LP
Any valid directives for the ldap database may be used; see
-.BR slapd-ldap (5)
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5)
for details.
-Multiple occurrences of the \fBchain-uri\fP directive may appear,
+Multiple occurrences of the \fBchain\-uri\fP directive may appear,
to define multiple "trusted" URIs where operations with
\fIidentity assertion\fP are chained.
All URIs not listed in the configuration are chained anonymously.
-All \fBslapd-ldap\fP(5) directives appearing before the first
-occurrence of \fBchain-uri\fP are inherited by all URIs,
+All \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5) directives appearing before the first
+occurrence of \fBchain\-uri\fP are inherited by all URIs,
unless specifically overridden inside each URI configuration.
.SH FILES
.TP
default slapd configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR slapd.conf (5),
+.BR slapd\-config (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapd (8).
.SH AUTHOR