.TH SLAPD.ACCESS 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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.SH NAME
slapd.access \- access configuration for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file contains configuration information for the
.BR slapd (8)
-daemon. This configuration file is also used by the
-.BR slurpd (8)
-replication daemon and by the SLAPD tools
+daemon. This configuration file is also used by the SLAPD tools
.BR slapacl (8),
.BR slapadd (8),
.BR slapauth (8),
.SH THE ACCESS DIRECTIVE
The structure of the access control directives is
.TP
-.B access to <what> "[ by <who> <access> [ <control> ] ]+"
+.B access to <what> "[ by <who> [ <access> ] [ <control> ] ]+"
Grant access (specified by
.BR <access> )
to a set of entries and/or attributes (specified by
.BR <what> )
by one or more requestors (specified by
.BR <who> ).
+
+.LP
+Lists of access directives are evaluated in the order they appear
+in \fIslapd.conf\fP.
+When a
+.B <what>
+clause matches the datum whose access is being evaluated, its
+.B <who>
+clause list is checked.
+When a
+.B <who>
+clause matches the accessor's properties, its
+.B <access>
+and
+.B <control>
+clauses are evaluated.
+Access control checking stops at the first match of the
+.B <what>
+and
+.B <who>
+clause, unless otherwise dictated by the
+.B <control>
+clause.
+Each
+.B <who>
+clause list is implicitly terminated by a
+.LP
+.nf
+ by * none stop
+.fi
+.LP
+clause that results in stopping the access control with no access
+privileges granted.
+Each
+.B <what>
+clause list is implicitly terminated by a
+.LP
+.nf
+ access to *
+ by * none
+.fi
+.LP
+clause that results in granting no access privileges to an otherwise
+unspecified datum.
.SH THE <WHAT> FIELD
The field
.BR <what>
It can have the forms
.LP
.nf
- [dn[.<dnstyle>]=]<dnpattern>
+ dn[.<dnstyle>]=<dnpattern>
filter=<ldapfilter>
attrs=<attrlist>[ val[/matchingRule][.<attrstyle>]=<attrval>]
.fi
The statement
.B dn=<dnpattern>
selects the entries based on their naming context.
-The
-.B dn=
-part is optional.
The
.B <dnpattern>
is a string representation of the entry's DN.
.LP
The
.B <dnstyle>
-is also optional; however, it is recommended to specify both the
-.B dn=
-and the
-.B <dnstyle>
-to avoid ambiguities.
+is optional; however, it is recommended to specify it to avoid ambiguities.
.B Base
(synonym of
.BR baseObject ),
.LP
The statement
.B filter=<ldapfilter>
-selects the entries based on a valid LDAP filter as described in RFC 2254.
+selects the entries based on a valid LDAP filter as described in RFC 4515.
A filter of
.B (objectClass=*)
is implied if no
<dnstyle>={{exact|base(object)}|regex
|one(level)|sub(tree)|children|level{<n>}}
<groupstyle>={exact|expand}
- <peernamestyle>={<style>|ip|path}
+ <peernamestyle>={<style>|ip|ipv6|path}
<domainstyle>={exact|regex|sub(tree)}
<setstyle>={exact|regex}
<modifier>={expand}
and
.BR sockurl=<sockurl>
mean that the contacting host IP (in the form
-.BR "IP=<ip>:<port>" )
+.BR "IP=<ip>:<port>"
+for IPv4, or
+.BR "IP=[<ipv6>]:<port>"
+for IPv6)
or the contacting host named pipe file name (in the form
.B "PATH=<path>"
if connecting through a named pipe) for
are dotted digit representations of the IP and the mask, while
.BR <n> ,
delimited by curly brackets, is an optional port.
+The same applies to IPv6 addresses when the special
+.B ipv6
+style is used.
When checking access privileges, the IP portion of the
.BR peername
is extracted, eliminating the
part, and it is compared against the
.B <ip>
portion of the pattern after masking with
-.BR <mask> .
+.BR <mask> :
+\fI((peername & <mask>) == <ip>)\fP.
As an example,
.B peername.ip=127.0.0.1
-allows connections only from localhost,
+and
+.B peername.ipv6=::1
+allow connections only from localhost,
.B peername.ip=192.168.1.0%255.255.255.0
allows connections from any IP in the 192.168.1 class C domain, and
.B peername.ip=192.168.1.16%255.255.255.240{9009}
set the minimum required Security Strength Factor (ssf) needed
to grant access. The value should be positive integer.
.SH THE <ACCESS> FIELD
-The field
+The optional field
.B <access> ::= [[real]self]{<level>|<priv>}
determines the access level or the specific access privileges the
.B who
Its component are defined as
.LP
.nf
- <level> ::= none|disclose|auth|compare|search|read|write
- <priv> ::= {=|+|-}{w|r|s|c|x|d|0}+
+ <level> ::= none|disclose|auth|compare|search|read|{write|add|delete}|manage
+ <priv> ::= {=|+|-}{0|d|x|c|s|r|{w|a|z}|m}+
.fi
.LP
The modifier
.BR compare ,
.BR search ,
.BR read ,
+.BR write ,
and
-.BR write .
+.BR manage .
Each access level implies all the preceding ones, thus
-.B write
-access will imply all accesses.
+.B manage
+grants all access including administrative access.
+The
+.BR write
+access is actually the combination of
+.BR add
+and
+.BR delete ,
+which respectively restrict the write privilege to add or delete
+the specified
+.BR <what> .
+
.LP
The
.B none
.B -
signs add/remove access privileges to the existing ones.
The privileges are
+.B m
+for manage,
.B w
for write,
+.B a
+for add,
+.B z
+for delete,
.B r
for read,
.B s
More than one of the above privileges can be added in one statement.
.B 0
indicates no privileges and is used only by itself (e.g., +0).
+Note that
+.B +az
+is equivalent to
+.BR +w .
+.LP
If no access is given, it defaults to
.BR +0 .
.SH THE <CONTROL> FIELD
As a consequence, unless the operation is performed with the
.B updatedn
identity, control is passed straight to the subsequent rules.
+
.SH OPERATION REQUIREMENTS
Operations require different privileges on different portions of entries.
The following summary applies to primary database backends such as
-the LDBM, BDB, and HDB backends. Requirements for other backends may
+the BDB and HDB backends. Requirements for other backends may
(and often do) differ.
+
.LP
The
.B add
operation requires
-.B write (=w)
+.B add (=a)
privileges on the pseudo-attribute
.B entry
of the entry being added, and
-.B write (=w)
+.B add (=a)
privileges on the pseudo-attribute
.B children
of the entry's parent.
+When adding the suffix entry of a database,
+.B add
+access to
+.B children
+of the empty DN ("") is required.
+
.LP
The
.B bind
.B auth (=x)
privileges on the attribute the credentials are stored in (usually
.BR userPassword ).
+
.LP
The
.B compare
operation requires
.B compare (=c)
privileges on the attribute that is being compared.
+
.LP
The
.B delete
operation requires
-.B write (=w)
+.B delete (=z)
privileges on the pseudo-attribute
.B entry
of the entry being deleted, and
-.B write (=w)
+.B delete (=d)
privileges on the
.B children
pseudo-attribute of the entry's parent.
+
.LP
The
.B modify
operation requires
.B write (=w)
privileges on the attributes being modified.
+In detail,
+.B add (=a)
+is required to add new values,
+.B delete (=z)
+is required to delete existing values,
+and both
+.B delete
+and
+.BR "add (=az)" ,
+or
+.BR "write (=w)" ,
+are required to replace existing values.
+
.LP
The
.B modrdn
privileges on the pseudo-attribute
.B entry
of the entry whose relative DN is being modified,
-.B write (=w)
+.B delete (=z)
privileges on the pseudo-attribute
.B children
-of the old and new entry's parents, and
-.B write (=w)
+of the old entry's parents,
+.B add (=a)
+privileges on the pseudo-attribute
+.B children
+of the new entry's parents, and
+.B add (=a)
privileges on the attributes that are present in the new relative DN.
-.B Write (=w)
+.B Delete (=z)
privileges are also required on the attributes that are present
in the old relative DN if
.B deleteoldrdn
is set to 1.
+
.LP
The
.B search
.B search (=s)
privileges on the
.B entry
-pseudo-attribute of the searchBase (NOTE: this was introduced with 2.3).
+pseudo-attribute of the searchBase
+(NOTE: this was introduced with OpenLDAP 2.4).
Then, for each entry, it requires
.B search (=s)
privileges on the attributes that are defined in the filter.
(generally the
.B ref
attribute).
+
.LP
Some internal operations and some
.B controls
attribute of the authorizing identity and/or on the
.B authzFrom
attribute of the authorized identity.
+In general, when an internal lookup is performed for authentication
+or authorization purposes, search-specific privileges (see the access
+requirements for the search operation illustrated above) are relaxed to
+.BR auth .
.LP
Access control to search entries is checked by the frontend,
and for the discovery phase of the search operation,
full ACL semantics is only supported by the primary backends, i.e.
.BR back-bdb (5),
-.BR back-hdb (5),
and
-.BR back-ldbm (5).
+.BR back-hdb (5).
Some other backend, like
.BR back-sql (5),
.LP
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
.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