From 02464d6e34d63f292a3ea48f9d345e039d294510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierangelo Masarati Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:34:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] further fulfilment of ITS#3639 --- doc/man/man5/slapd-passwd.5 | 14 ++++++++++++++ doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-passwd.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-passwd.5 index 25eb2c9fae..43400b52da 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-passwd.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-passwd.5 @@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ manual page. Specifies an alternate passwd file to use. The default is .BR /etc/passwd . +.SH ACCESS CONTROL +The +.B passwd +backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in +.BR slapd.access (5). +Only +.B read (=r) +access to the +.B entry +pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries +returned by the +.B search +operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend. + .SH FILES .TP ETCDIR/slapd.conf diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 index d0627c03ee..91d00776ef 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-perl.5 @@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ returned directly to the client. .SH EXAMPLE There is an example Perl module `SampleLDAP' in the slapd/back-perl/ direcetory in the OpenLDAP source tree. +.SH ACCESS CONTROL +The +.B passwd +backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in +.BR slapd.access (5); +all access control is delegated to the underlying PERL scripting. +Only +.B read (=r) +access to the +.B entry +pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries +returned by the +.B search +operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend. .SH WARNING The interface of this backend to the perl module MAY change. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. -- 2.39.5