.TH SLAPO-CHAIN 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2005 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
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.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
-slapo-chain \- chain overlay
+slapo\-chain \- chain overlay to slapd
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
that identity can be asserted while chasing the referrals
by means of the \fIidentity assertion\fP feature of back-ldap
(see
-.BR slapd-ldap (5)
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5)
for details), which is essentially based on the
-.B proxyAuthz
-control (see \fIdraft-weltman-ldapv3-proxy\fP for details).
+.B proxied authorization
+control [RFC 4370].
+Referral chasing can be controlled by the client by issuing the
+\fBchaining\fP control
+(see \fIdraft-sermersheim-ldap-chaining\fP for details.)
.LP
The config directives that are specific to the
.B chain
-overlay can be prefixed by
+overlay are prefixed by
.BR chain\- ,
to avoid potential conflicts with directives specific to the underlying
database or to other stacked overlays.
related to the instances of the \fIldap\fP backend that may be implicitly
instantiated by the overlay may assume a special meaning when used
in conjunction with this overlay. They are described in
-.BR slapd-ldap (5).
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
+and they also need to be prefixed by
+.BR chain\- .
+
+Note: this overlay is built into the \fIldap\fP backend; it is not
+a separate module.
+
.TP
.B overlay chain
This directive adds the chain overlay to the current backend.
The chain overlay may be used with any backend, but it is mainly
intended for use with local storage backends that may return referrals.
-It is useless in conjunction with the \fIslapd-ldap\fP and \fIslapd-meta\fP
+It is useless in conjunction with the \fIslapd\-ldap\fP and \fIslapd\-meta\fP
backends because they already exploit the libldap specific referral chase
feature.
[Note: this may change in the future, as the \fBldap\fP(5) and
\fBmeta\fP(5) backends might no longer chase referrals on their own.]
-.\".TP
-.\".B chain-chaining [resolve=<r>] [continuation=<c>] [critical]
-.\"This directive enables the \fIchaining\fP control
-.\"(see \fIdraft-sermersheim-ldap-chaining\fP for details)
-.\"with the desired resolve and continuation behaviors and criticality.
-.\"The values \fBr\fP and \fBc\fP can be any of
-.\".BR chainingPreferred ,
-.\".BR chainingRequired ,
-.\".BR referralsPreferred ,
-.\".BR referralsRequired .
-.\"[This control is experimental and its support may change in the future.]
.TP
-.B chain-cache-uris {FALSE|true}
+.B chain\-cache\-uri {FALSE|true}
This directive instructs the \fIchain\fP overlay to cache
connections to URIs parsed out of referrals that are not predefined,
to be reused for later chaining.
+These URIs inherit the properties configured for the underlying
+\fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5) before any occurrence of the \fBchain\-uri\fP
+directive; basically, they are chained anonymously.
+.TP
+.B chain\-chaining [resolve=<r>] [continuation=<c>] [critical]
+This directive enables the \fIchaining\fP control
+(see \fIdraft-sermersheim-ldap-chaining\fP for details)
+with the desired resolve and continuation behaviors and criticality.
+The \fBresolve\fP parameter refers to the behavior while discovering
+a resource, namely when accessing the object indicated by the request DN;
+the \fBcontinuation\fP parameter refers to the behavior while handling
+intermediate responses, which is mostly significant for the search
+operation, but may affect extended operations that return intermediate
+responses.
+The values \fBr\fP and \fBc\fP can be any of
+.BR chainingPreferred ,
+.BR chainingRequired ,
+.BR referralsPreferred ,
+.BR referralsRequired .
+If the \fBcritical\fP flag affects the control criticality if provided.
+[This control is experimental and its support may change in the future.]
+.TP
+.B chain\-max\-depth <n>
+In case a referral is returned during referral chasing, further chasing
+occurs at most \fB<n>\fP levels deep. Set to \fB1\fP (the default)
+to disable further referral chasing.
+.TP
+.B chain\-return\-error {FALSE|true}
+In case referral chasing fails, the real error is returned instead
+of the original referral. In case multiple referral URIs are present,
+only the first error is returned. This behavior may not be always
+appropriate nor desirable, since failures in referral chasing might be
+better resolved by the client (e.g. when caused by distributed
+authentication issues).
.TP
-.B chain-uri <ldapuri>
+.B chain\-uri <ldapuri>
This directive instantiates a new underlying \fIldap\fP database
and instructs it about which URI to contact to chase referrals.
-As opposed to what stated in \fBslapd-ldap\fP(5), only one URI
-can appear after this directive.
-
+As opposed to what stated in \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5), only one URI
+can appear after this directive; all subsequent \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5)
+directives prefixed by \fBchain\-\fP refer to this specific instance
+of a remote server.
.LP
+
Directives for configuring the underlying ldap database may also
-be required, as shown here:
+be required, as shown in this example:
.LP
.RS
.nf
-chain-idassert-bind bindmethod="simple"
- binddn="cn=Auth,dc=example,dc=com"
- credentials="secret"
- mode="self"
+overlay chain
+chain\-rebind\-as\-user FALSE
+
+chain\-uri "ldap://ldap1.example.com"
+chain\-rebind\-as\-user TRUE
+chain\-idassert\-bind bindmethod="simple"
+ binddn="cn=Auth,dc=example,dc=com"
+ credentials="secret"
+ mode="self"
+
+chain\-uri "ldap://ldap2.example.com"
+chain\-idassert\-bind bindmethod="simple"
+ binddn="cn=Auth,dc=example,dc=com"
+ credentials="secret"
+ mode="none"
+
.fi
.RE
.LP
Any valid directives for the ldap database may be used; see
-.BR slapd-ldap (5)
+.BR slapd\-ldap (5)
for details.
-Multiple occurrences of the \fBchain-uri\fP directive may appear,
+Multiple occurrences of the \fBchain\-uri\fP directive may appear,
to define multiple "trusted" URIs where operations with
\fIidentity assertion\fP are chained.
All URIs not listed in the configuration are chained anonymously.
-All \fBslapd-ldap\fP(5) directives appearing before the first
-occurrence of \fBchain-uri\fP are shared among all operations,
+All \fBslapd\-ldap\fP(5) directives appearing before the first
+occurrence of \fBchain\-uri\fP are inherited by all URIs,
unless specifically overridden inside each URI configuration.
.SH FILES
.TP
default slapd configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR slapd.conf (5),
+.BR slapd\-config (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapd (8).
.SH AUTHOR
projects / openldap / blobdiff