-.TH LDAP.CONF 5 "6 May 2002" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.TH LDAP.CONF 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
-.UC 6
.SH NAME
-ldap.conf, .ldaprc \- ldap configuration file
+ldap.conf, .ldaprc \- LDAP configuration file/environment variables
.SH SYNOPSIS
-ETCDIR/ldap.conf
-\fP.ldaprc\fP
+ETCDIR/ldap.conf, ldaprc, .ldaprc, $LDAP<option-name>
.SH DESCRIPTION
+If the environment variable \fBLDAPNOINIT\fP is defined, all
+defaulting is disabled.
+.LP
The
.I ldap.conf
configuration file is used to set system-wide defaults to be applied when
running
.I ldap
-clients. If the environment variable \fBLDAPNOINIT\fP is defined, all
-defaulting is disabled.
+clients.
.LP
-Each user may specify an optional configuration file,
-.IR ldaprc
+Users may create an optional configuration file,
+.I ldaprc
or
.IR .ldaprc ,
-in his/her home directory which will be used to override the system-wide
+in their home directory which will be used to override the system-wide
defaults file.
The file
-.IR ldaprc
+.I ldaprc
in the current working directory is also used.
.LP
+.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
+\fBLDAPCONF\fP may be set to the path of a configuration file. This
+path can be absolute or relative to the current working directory.
+The \fBLDAPRC\fP, if defined, should be the 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.
+The name of the variable is the option name with an added prefix of \fBLDAP\fP.
+For example, to define \fBBASE\fP via the environment, set the variable
+\fBLDAPBASE\fP to the desired value.
.LP
-Some options are user\-only. Such options are ignored if present
+Some options are user-only. Such options are ignored if present
in the
-.IR ldap.conf
+.I ldap.conf
(or file specified by
.BR LDAPCONF ).
+.LP
+Thus the following files and variables are read, in order:
+.nf
+ variable $LDAPNOINIT, and if that is not set:
+ system file ETCDIR/ldap.conf,
+ user files $HOME/ldaprc, $HOME/.ldaprc, ./ldaprc,
+ system file $LDAPCONF,
+ user files $HOME/$LDAPRC, $HOME/.$LDAPRC, ./$LDAPRC,
+ variables $LDAP<uppercase option name>.
+.fi
+Settings late in the list override earlier ones.
+.SH SYNTAX
+The configuration options are case-insensitive;
+their value, on a case by case basis, may be case-sensitive.
+.LP
+Blank lines are ignored.
+.br
+Lines beginning with a hash mark (`#') are comments, and ignored.
+.LP
+Valid lines are made of an option's name (a sequence of non-blanks,
+conventionally written in uppercase, although not required),
+followed by a value.
+The value starts with the first non-blank character after
+the option's name, and terminates at the end of the line,
+or at the last sequence of blanks before the end of the line.
+The tokenization of the value, if any, is delegated to the handler(s)
+for that option, if any. Quoting values that contain blanks
+may be incorrect, as the quotes would become part of the value.
+For example,
+
+.nf
+ # Wrong - erroneous quotes:
+ URI "ldap:// ldaps://"
+
+ # Right - space-separated list of URIs, without quotes:
+ URI ldap:// ldaps://
+
+ # Right - DN syntax needs quoting for Example, Inc:
+ BASE ou=IT staff,o="Example, Inc",c=US
+ # or:
+ BASE ou=IT staff,o=Example2C Inc,c=US
+
+ # Wrong - comment on same line as option:
+ DEREF never # Never follow aliases
+.fi
+.LP
+A line cannot be longer than LINE_MAX, which should be more than 2000 bytes
+on all platforms.
+There is no mechanism to split a long line on multiple lines, either for
+beautification or to overcome the above limit.
.SH OPTIONS
The different configuration options are:
-.TP 1i
-\fBBASE <base>\fP
-Used to specify the default base DN to use when performing ldap operations.
+.TP
+.B URI <ldap[si]://[name[:port]] ...>
+Specifies the URI(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the
+.I LDAP
+library should connect. The URI scheme may be any of
+.BR ldap ,
+.B ldaps
+or
+.BR ldapi ,
+which refer to LDAP over TCP, LDAP over SSL (TLS) and LDAP
+over IPC (UNIX domain sockets), respectively.
+Each server's name can be specified as a
+domain-style name or an IP address literal. Optionally, the
+server's name can followed by a ':' and the port number the LDAP
+server is listening on. If no port number is provided, the default
+port for the scheme is used (389 for ldap://, 636 for ldaps://).
+For LDAP over IPC,
+.B name
+is the name of the socket, and no
+.B port
+is required, nor allowed; note that directory separators must be
+URL-encoded, like any other characters that are special to URLs;
+so the socket
+
+ /usr/local/var/ldapi
+
+must be specified as
+
+ ldapi://%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fvar%2Fldapi
+
+A space separated list of URIs may be provided.
+.TP
+.B BASE <base>
+Specifies 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.
+.TP
+.B BINDDN <dn>
+Specifies 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
-library should connect to. Each server's name can be specified as a
-domain-style name or an IP address and optionally followed a ':' and
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B DEREF <when>
+Specifies how alias dereferencing is done when performing a search. The
+.B <when>
+can be specified as one of the following keywords:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B never
+Aliases are never dereferenced. This is the default.
+.TP
+.B searching
+Aliases are dereferenced in subordinates of the base object, but
+not in locating the base object of the search.
+.TP
+.B finding
+Aliases are only dereferenced when locating the base object of the search.
+.TP
+.B always
+Aliases are dereferenced both in searching and in locating the base object
+of the search.
+.RE
+.TP
+.TP
+.B HOST <name[:port] ...>
+Specifies the name(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the
+.I LDAP
+library should connect. Each server's name can be specified as a
+domain-style name or an IP address and optionally followed by a ':' and
the port number the ldap server is listening on. A space separated
-listed of host may be provided.
-.TP 1i
-\fBPORT <port>\fP
-Used to specify the port used with connecting to LDAP servers(s).
+list of hosts may be provided.
+.B HOST
+is deprecated in favor of
+.BR URI .
+.TP
+.B NETWORK_TIMEOUT <integer>
+Specifies the timeout (in seconds) after which the poll(2)/select(2)
+following a connect(2) returns in case of no activity.
+.TP
+.B PORT <port>
+Specifies the default port used when connecting to LDAP servers(s).
The port may be specified as a number.
-.TP 1i
-\fBSASL_SECPROPS <properties>\fP
-Used to specify Cyrus SASL security properties.
-The
+.B PORT
+is deprecated in favor of
+.BR URI.
+.TP
+.B REFERRALS <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
+Specifies if the client should automatically follow referrals returned
+by LDAP servers.
+The default is on.
+Note that the command line tools
+.BR ldapsearch (1)
+&co always override this option.
+.\" This should only be allowed via ldap_set_option(3)
+.\".TP
+.\".B RESTART <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
+.\"Determines whether the library should implicitly restart connections (FIXME).
+.TP
+.B SIZELIMIT <integer>
+Specifies a size limit (number of entries) to use when performing searches.
+The number should be a non-negative integer. \fISIZELIMIT\fP of zero (0)
+specifies a request for unlimited search size. Please note that the server
+may still apply any server-side limit on the amount of entries that can be
+returned by a search operation.
+.TP
+.B TIMELIMIT <integer>
+Specifies a time limit (in seconds) to use when performing searches.
+The number should be a non-negative integer. \fITIMELIMIT\fP of zero (0)
+specifies unlimited search time to be used. Please note that the server
+may still apply any server-side limit on the duration of a search operation.
+.B VERSION {2|3}
+Specifies what version of the LDAP protocol should be used.
+.TP
+.B TIMEOUT <integer>
+Specifies a timeout (in seconds) after which calls to synchronous LDAP
+APIs will abort if no response is received. Also used for any
+.BR ldap_result (3)
+calls where a NULL timeout parameter is supplied.
+.SH SASL OPTIONS
+If OpenLDAP is built with Simple Authentication and Security Layer support,
+there are more options you can specify.
+.TP
+.B SASL_MECH <mechanism>
+Specifies the SASL mechanism to use.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B SASL_REALM <realm>
+Specifies the SASL realm.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B SASL_AUTHCID <authcid>
+Specifies the authentication identity.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B SASL_AUTHZID <authcid>
+Specifies the proxy authorization identity.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B SASL_SECPROPS <properties>
+Specifies Cyrus SASL security properties. The
+.B <properties>
+can be specified as a comma-separated list of the following:
+.RS
+.TP
.B none
-flag (without any other properities) causes the flag properites
+(without any other properties) causes the properties
defaults ("noanonymous,noplain") to be cleared.
-The
+.TP
.B noplain
-flag disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.
-The
+disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.
+.TP
.B noactive
-flag disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
-The
+disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
+.TP
.B nodict
-flag disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.
-The
-.B noanonyous
-flag disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
-The
+disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.
+.TP
+.B noanonymous
+disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
+.TP
.B forwardsec
-flag require forward secrecy between sessions.
-The
+requires forward secrecy between sessions.
+.TP
.B passcred
-require mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allow
+requires mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allows
mechanisms which can pass credentials to do so).
-The
+.TP
.B minssf=<factor>
-property specifies the minimum acceptable
+specifies the minimum acceptable
.I security strength factor
-as an integer approximate to effective key length used for
+as an integer approximating the effective key length used for
encryption. 0 (zero) implies no protection, 1 implies integrity
protection only, 56 allows DES or other weak ciphers, 112
allows triple DES and other strong ciphers, 128 allows RC4,
Blowfish and other modern strong ciphers. The default is 0.
-The
+.TP
.B maxssf=<factor>
-property specifies the maximum acceptable
+specifies the maximum acceptable
.I security strength factor
-as an integer (see minssf description). The default is INT_MAX.
-The
+as an integer (see
+.B minssf
+description). The default is
+.BR INT_MAX .
+.TP
.B maxbufsize=<factor>
-property specifies the maximum security layer receive buffer
+specifies the maximum security layer receive buffer
size allowed. 0 disables security layers. The default is 65536.
-.TP 1i
-\fBSIZELIMIT <integer>\fP
-Used to specify a size limit to use when performing searches. The
-number should be an non-negative integer. \fISIZELIMIT\fP of zero (0)
-specifies unlimited search size.
-.TP 1i
-\fBTIMELIMIT <integer>\fP
-Used to specify a time limit to use when performing searches. The
-number should be an non-negative integer. \fITIMELIMIT\fP of zero (0)
-specifies unlimited search time to be used.
-.TP 1i
-\fBDEREF <never|searching|finding|always>\fP
-Specify how aliases dereferencing is done. \fIDEREF\fP should
-be set to one of
-.B never,
-.B always,
-.B search,
-or
-.B find
-to specify that aliases are never dereferenced, always dereferenced,
-dereferenced when searching, or dereferenced only when locating the
-base object for the search. The default is to never dereference aliases.
+.RE
+.SH GSSAPI OPTIONS
+If OpenLDAP is built with Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface support,
+there are more options you can specify.
+.TP
+.B GSSAPI_SIGN <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
+Specifies if GSSAPI signing (GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG) should be used.
+The default is off.
+.TP
+.B GSSAPI_ENCRYPT <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
+Specifies if GSSAPI encryption (GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG and GSS_C_CONF_FLAG)
+should be used. The default is off.
+.TP
+.B GSSAPI_ALLOW_REMOTE_PRINCIPAL <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
+Specifies if GSSAPI based authentification should try to form the
+target principal name out of the ldapServiceName or dnsHostName
+attribute of the targets RootDSE entry. The default is off.
+.SH TLS OPTIONS
+If OpenLDAP is built with Transport Layer Security support, there
+are more options you can specify. These options are used when an
+.B ldaps:// URI
+is selected (by default or otherwise) or when the application
+negotiates TLS by issuing the LDAP StartTLS operation.
+.TP
+.B TLS_CACERT <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of the Certificate
+Authorities the client will recognize.
+.TP
+.B TLS_CACERTDIR <path>
+Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
+certificates in separate individual files. The
+.B TLS_CACERT
+is always used before
+.B TLS_CACERTDIR.
+This parameter is ignored with GNUtls.
+.TP
+.B TLS_CERT <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains the client certificate.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B TLS_KEY <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains the private key that matches the certificate
+stored in the
+.B TLS_CERT
+file. Currently, the private key must not be protected with a password, so
+it is of critical importance that the key file is protected carefully.
+.B This is a user-only option.
+.TP
+.B TLS_CIPHER_SUITE <cipher-suite-spec>
+Specifies acceptable cipher suite and preference order.
+<cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specification for OpenSSL,
+e.g., HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2.
+
+To check what ciphers a given spec selects, use:
+
+.nf
+ openssl ciphers \-v <cipher-suite-spec>
+.fi
+
+To obtain the list of ciphers in GNUtls use:
+
+.nf
+ gnutls-cli \-l
+.fi
+.TP
+.B TLS_RANDFILE <filename>
+Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]random is
+not available. Generally set to the name of the EGD/PRNGD socket.
+The environment variable RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename.
+This parameter is ignored with GNUtls.
+.TP
+.B TLS_REQCERT <level>
+Specifies what checks to perform on server certificates in a TLS session,
+if any. The
+.B <level>
+can be specified as one of the following keywords:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B never
+The client will not request or check any server certificate.
+.TP
+.B allow
+The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
+the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, it will
+be ignored and the session proceeds normally.
+.TP
+.B try
+The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
+the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
+the session is immediately terminated.
+.TP
+.B demand | hard
+These keywords are equivalent. The server certificate is requested. If no
+certificate is provided, or a bad certificate is provided, the session
+is immediately terminated. This is the default setting.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B TLS_CRLCHECK <level>
+Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the CA should be
+used to verify if the server certificates have not been revoked. This
+requires
+.B TLS_CACERTDIR
+parameter to be set. This parameter is ignored with GNUtls.
+.B <level>
+can be specified as one of the following keywords:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B none
+No CRL checks are performed
+.TP
+.B peer
+Check the CRL of the peer certificate
+.TP
+.B all
+Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain
+.RE
+.TP
+.B TLS_CRLFILE <filename>
+Specifies the file containing a Certificate Revocation List to be used
+to verify if the server certificates have not been revoked. This
+parameter is only supported with GNUtls.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.TP
LDAPNOINIT
.I $CWD/ldaprc
local ldap configuration file
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR ldap (3)
+.BR ldap (3),
+.BR ldap_set_option (3),
+.BR ldap_result (3),
+.BR openssl (1),
+.BR sasl (3)
.SH AUTHOR
Kurt Zeilenga, The OpenLDAP Project
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-.B OpenLDAP
-is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
-.B OpenLDAP
-is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
+.so ../Project
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