.TH LDAP.CONF 5 "29 November 1998" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.\" $OpenLDAP$
+.\" Copyright 1998-2000 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.UC 6
.SH NAME
-ldap.conf \- ldap configuration file
+ldap.conf, .ldaprc \- ldap configuration file
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/ldap.conf
+\fP.ldaprc\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I ldap.conf
configuration file is used to set system-wide defaults to be applied when
running
.I ldap
-clients.
-Note that each user may specify an optional configuration file,
+clients. If the environment variable \fBLDAPNOINIT\fP is defined, all
+defaulting is disabled.
+.LP
+Each user may specify an optional configuration file,
.IR .ldaprc ,
-in his/her home directory which will be used to override system-wide
-defaults file. The user may also provide a local configuration
-file
-.I ldaprc
-which will be used to override per-user and system-wide defaults.
-Environmental variables may be used to file based defaults.
+in his/her home directory which will be used to override the system-wide
+defaults file.
+.LP
+Additional configuration files can be specified using
+the \fBLDAPCONF\fP and \fBLDAPRC\fP environment variables.
+\fBLDAPCONF\fP may be set the path of a configuration file. This
+path can be absolute or relative to current working directory.
+The \fBLDAPRC\fP, if defined, should be a basename of a file
+in the current working directory or in the user's home directory.
+.LP
+Environmental variables may also be used to augment the file based defaults.
+The name of the option is the as listed but with a prefix of \fBLDAP\fP.
+For example, to define \fBBASE\fP via the environment, define the variable
+\fBLDAPBASE\fP to desired value.
+.LP
+Some options are user\-only. Such options are ignored if present
+in the
+.IR ldap.conf
+(or file specified by
+.BR LDAPCONF ).
.SH OPTIONS
The different configuration options are:
.TP 1i
-.TP 1i
\fBBASE <base>\fP
-Used to specify the default base dn to use when performing ldap operations.
+Used to specify the default base DN to use when performing ldap operations.
The base must be specified as a Distinguished Name in LDAP format.
+.TP 1i
+\fBBINDDN <dn>\fP
+Used to specify the default bind DN to use when performing ldap operations.
+The bind DN must be specified as a Distinguished Name in LDAP format.
+This is a user\-only option.
+.TP 1i
\fBHOST <name[:port] ...>\fP
Used to specify the name(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which
.I ldap
base object for the search. The default is to never dereference aliases.
.SH FILES
.I ETCDIR/ldap.conf
+.LP
+.I $HOME/.ldaprc
+.LP
+.I $CWD/.ldaprc
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ldap(3)
.SH AUTHOR