.TH SLAPD-LDAP 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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+.\" Copyright 1998-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
.BR slapd.conf (5)
for details.
+.LP
+Note: When looping back to the same instance of \fBslapd\fP(8),
+each connection requires a new thread; as a consequence, \fBslapd\fP(8)
+must be compiled with thread support, and the \fBthreads\fP parameter
+may need some tuning; in those cases, one may consider using
+\fBslapd-relay\fP(5) instead, which performs the relayed operation
+internally and thus reuses the same connection.
+
.SH CONFIGURATION
These
.B slapd.conf
Other database options are described in the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
manual page.
+
.LP
Note: In early versions of back-ldap it was recommended to always set
.LP
argument, resulting in the underlying library automatically
call the first server of the list that responds, e.g.
-\fBuri "ldap://host/ ldap://backup-host"\fP
+\fBuri "ldap://host/ ldap://backup-host/"\fP
The URI list is space- or comma-separated.
-This statement is mandatory.
+.\"This statement is mandatory.
.\".TP
.\".B server <hostport>
.\"Obsolete option; same as `uri ldap://<hostport>/'.
The identity defined by this directive, according to the properties
associated to the authentication method, is supposed to have read access
on the target server to attributes used on the proxy for ACL checking.
-The
-.B secprops
-field is currently ignored.
There is no risk of giving away such values; they are only used to
check permissions.
The default is to use
-.BR simple ,
-with empty binddn and credentials,
+.BR simple
+bind, with empty \fIbinddn\fP and \fIcredentials\fP,
which means that the related operations will be performed anonymously.
.B This identity is by no means implicitly used by the proxy
.B when the client connects anonymously.
-See the
+The
.B idassert-bind
-feature instead.
+feature, instead, in some cases can be crafted to implement that behavior,
+which is \fIintrinsically unsafe and should be used with extreme care\fP.
This directive obsoletes
.BR acl-authcDN ,
and
.BR acl-passwd .
.RE
+.TP
+.B chase-referrals {YES|no}
+enable/disable automatic referral chasing, which is delegated to the
+underlying libldap, with rebinding eventually performed if the
+\fBrebind-as-user\fP directive is used. The default is to chase referrals.
+
+.TP
+.B conn-ttl <time>
+This directive causes a cached connection to be dropped an recreated
+after a given ttl, regardless of being idle or not.
+
+.TP
+.B idassert-authzFrom <authz-regexp>
+if defined, selects what
+.I local
+identities are authorized to exploit the identity assertion feature.
+The string
+.B <authz-regexp>
+follows the rules defined for the
+.I authzFrom
+attribute.
+See
+.BR slapd.conf (5),
+section related to
+.BR authz-policy ,
+for details on the syntax of this field.
+
.HP
.hy 0
.B idassert-bind
.RE
.TP
-.B idassert-authzFrom <authz-regexp>
-if defined, selects what
-.I local
-identities are authorized to exploit the identity assertion feature.
-The string
-.B <authz-regexp>
-follows the rules defined for the
-.I authzFrom
-attribute.
-See
-.BR slapd.conf (5),
-section related to
-.BR authz-policy ,
-for details on the syntax of this field.
+.B idle-timeout <time>
+This directive causes a cached connection to be dropped an recreated
+after it has been idle for the specified time.
.TP
-.B proxy-whoami {NO|yes}
+.B protocol\-version {0,2,3}
+This directive indicates what protocol version must be used to contact
+the remote server.
+If set to 0 (the default), the proxy uses the same protocol version
+used by the client, otherwise the requested protocol is used.
+The proxy returns \fIunwillingToPerform\fP if an operation that is
+incompatible with the requested protocol is attempted.
+
+.TP
+.B proxy\-whoami {NO|yes}
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
for rebinds when chasing referrals. Useful when
\fBchase-referrals\fP is set to \fByes\fP, useless otherwise.
-.TP
-.B chase-referrals {YES|no}
-enable/disable automatic referral chasing, which is delegated to the
-underlying libldap, with rebinding eventually performed if the
-\fBrebind-as-user\fP directive is used. The default is to chase referrals.
-
-.TP
-.B tls {[try-]start|[try-]propagate}
-execute the start TLS extended operation when the connection is initialized;
-only works if the URI directive protocol scheme is not \fBldaps://\fP.
-\fBpropagate\fP issues the Start TLS exop only if the original
-connection did.
-The \fBtry-\fP prefix instructs the proxy to continue operations
-if start TLS failed; its use is highly deprecated.
-
.TP
.B t-f-support {NO|yes|discover}
enable if the remote server supports absolute filters
the protocol does not provide any means to rollback the operation,
so the client will not know if the operation eventually succeeded or not.
+.TP
+.B tls {[try-]start|[try-]propagate}
+execute the StartTLS extended operation when the connection is initialized;
+only works if the URI directive protocol scheme is not \fBldaps://\fP.
+\fBpropagate\fP issues the StartTLS operation only if the original
+connection did.
+The \fBtry-\fP prefix instructs the proxy to continue operations
+if the StartTLS operation failed; its use is highly deprecated.
+
.SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
The LDAP backend has been heavily reworked between releases 2.2 and 2.3;
as a side-effect, some of the traditional directives have been
-deprecated and should be no longer used.
+deprecated and should be no longer used, as they might disappear
+in future releases.
.TP
.B server <hostname[:port]>
See the
.B idassert-*
feature instead.
-This directive is obsoleted by
-.BR acl-bind ,
-and may dismissed in the future.
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B binddn
+arg of
+.B acl-bind
+when \fIbindmethod\fP=\fBsimple\fP, and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B acl-passwd <password>
-Password used with the
-.B
-acl-authcDN
-above.
-This directive is obsoleted by
-.BR acl-bind ,
-and may be dismissed in the future.
+Password used with the above
+.B acl-authcDN
+directive.
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B binddn
+arg of
+.B acl-bind
+when \fIbindmethod\fP=\fBsimple\fP, and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B idassert-authcDN "<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 proxied by back-ldap.
-This directive is obsoleted by
-.BR idassert-bind ,
-and may be dismissed in the future.
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B binddn
+arg of
+.BR idassert-bind
+when \fIbindmethod\fP=\fBsimple\fP, and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B idassert-passwd <password>
Password used with the
.B idassert-authcDN
above.
-This directive is obsoleted by
-.BR idassert-bind ,
-and may be dismissed in the future.
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B crendentials
+of
+.B idassert-bind
+when \fIbindmethod\fP=\fBsimple\fP, and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B idassert-mode <mode> [<flags>]
defines what type of
.I identity assertion
is used.
-This directive is obsoleted by
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B mode
+arg of
.BR idassert-bind ,
-and may be dismissed in the future.
+and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B idassert-method <method> [<saslargs>]
-This directive is obsoleted by
+This directive is obsoleted by the
+.B bindmethod
+arg of
.BR idassert-bind ,
-and may be dismissed in the future.
+and will be dismissed in the future.
.TP
.B suffixmassage, map, rewrite*
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