From d043fca769b398061bc258196be0958571787db1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:40:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that "disable bind_anon" does not disable anonymous access. --- doc/guide/admin/security.sdf | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf index 38044b651b..bf6e443c35 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf +++ b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf @@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ by providing a valid name and password. An anonymous bind results in an {{anonymous}} authorization association. Anonymous bind mechanism is enabled by default, but can be disabled by specifying "{{EX:disallow bind_anon}}" in -{{slapd.conf}}(5). +{{slapd.conf}}(5). Note that disabling the anonymous bind mechanism +does not prevent anonymous access to the directory. To require +authentication to access the directory, one should instead +specify "{{EX:require authc}}". An unauthenticated bind also results in an {{anonymous}} authorization association. Unauthenticated bind mechanism is disabled by default, -- 2.39.5