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[openldap] / doc / man / man5 / slapd-ldap.5

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
index 398ef24b278bca72fce3a412a3b33f9b1c2b8108..1d015bf8d9166550359debd9ff6aedcd24aec3cc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH SLAPD-LDAP 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .\" $OpenLDAP$
 .SH NAME
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ is not an actual database; instead it acts as a proxy to forward incoming
 requests to another LDAP server. While processing requests it will also
 chase referrals, so that referrals are fully processed instead of being
 returned to the slapd client.
+
+Sessions that explicitly Bind to the back-ldap database always create their
+own private connection to the remote LDAP server. Anonymous sessions will
+share a single anonymous connection to the remote server. For sessions bound
+through other mechanisms, all sessions with the same DN will share the
+same connection. This connection pooling strategy can enhance the proxy's
+efficiency by reducing the overhead of repeatedly making/breaking multiple
+connections.
+
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 These
 .B slapd.conf
@@ -24,9 +33,13 @@ Other database options are described in the
 manual page.
 .LP
 Note: It is strongly recommended to set
+.LP
 .RS
+.nf
 lastmod  off
+.fi
 .RE
+.LP
 for every
 .B ldap
 and
@@ -59,6 +72,40 @@ check permissions.
 .B bindpw <password>
 Password used with the bind DN above.
 .TP
+.B proxyauthzdn "<administrative DN for proxyAuthz purposes>"
+DN which is used to propagate the client's identity to the target
+by means of the proxyAuthz control when the client does not
+belong to the DIT fragment that is being proxyied by back-ldap.
+This is useful when operations performed by users bound to another 
+backend are propagated through back-ldap.
+This requires the entry with 
+.B proxyauthzdn 
+identity on the remote server to have
+.B proxyAuthz
+privileges on a wide set of DNs, e.g.
+.BR authzTo=dn.regex:.* ,
+and the remote server to have
+.B authz-policy
+set to 
+.B to
+or 
+.BR both .
+See 
+.BR slapd.conf (5)
+for details on these statements and for remarks and drawbacks about
+their usage.
+.TP
+.B proxyauthzpw <password>
+Password used with the proxy authzDN above.
+.TP
+.B proxy-whoami
+Turns on proxying of the WhoAmI extended operation. If this option is
+given, back-ldap will replace slapd's original WhoAmI routine with its
+own. On slapd sessions that were authenticated by back-ldap, the WhoAmI
+request will be forwarded to the remote LDAP server. Other sessions will
+be handled by the local slapd, as before. This option is mainly useful
+in conjunction with Proxy Authorization.
+.TP
 .B rebind-as-user
 If this option is given, the client's bind credentials are remembered
 for rebinds when chasing referrals.
@@ -68,7 +115,7 @@ DNs ending with <suffix> in a request are changed to end with <remote
 suffix> before sending the request to the remote server, and <remote
 suffix> in the results are changed back to <suffix> before returning
 them to the client.
-The <suffix> field must be defined as a valid suffix (or suffixAlias?)
+The <suffix> field must be defined as a valid suffix
 for the current database.
 .TP
 .B map "{attribute | objectclass} [<local name> | *] {<foreign name> | *}"
@@ -122,4 +169,5 @@ default slapd configuration file
 .BR slapd-meta (5),
 .BR slapd (8),
 .BR ldap (3).
-
+.SH AUTHOR
+Howard Chu, with enhancements by Pierangelo Masarati