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slapd-config(5)





NAME

       slapd-config - configuration backend to slapd


SYNOPSIS

       /etc/openldap/slapd.d


DESCRIPTION

       The config backend manages all of the configuration information for the
       slapd(8) daemon.  This configuration information is also  used  by  the
       SLAPD tools slapacl(8), slapadd(8), slapauth(8), slapcat(8), slapdn(8),
       slapindex(8), and slaptest(8).

       The config backend is backward compatible with the older  slapd.conf(5)
       file  but  provides the ability to change the configuration dynamically
       at runtime. If slapd is run with only a slapd.conf file dynamic changes
       will  be  allowed  but  they  will not persist across a server restart.
       Dynamic changes are only saved when slapd is  running  from  a  slapd.d
       configuration directory.

       Unlike  other  backends,  there  can only be one instance of the config
       backend, and most of its structure is predefined. The root of the data-
       base is hardcoded to cn=config and this root entry contains global set-
       tings for slapd. Multiple child entries underneath the root  entry  are
       used to carry various other settings:

              cn=Module
                     dynamically loaded modules

              cn=Schema
                     schema definitions

              olcBackend=xxx
                     backend-specific settings

              olcDatabase=xxx
                     database-specific settings

       The  cn=Module  entries  will only appear in configurations where slapd
       was built with support for dynamically loaded  modules.  There  can  be
       multiple  entries,  one  for  each  configured module path. Within each
       entry there will be values recorded for each module loaded on  a  given
       path. These entries have no children.

       The cn=Schema entry contains all of the hardcoded schema elements.  The
       children of this entry contain all user-defined  schema  elements.   In
       schema  that  were  loaded  from include files, the child entry will be
       named after the include file from which the schema was  loaded.   Typi-
       cally the first child in this subtree will be cn=core,cn=schema,cn=con-
       fig.

       olcBackend entries are for storing settings specific to a single  back-
       end  type (and thus global to all database instances of that type).  At
       present there are no backends that implement settings of  this  nature,
       so usually there will not be any olcBackend entries.

       olcDatabase  entries  store  settings  specific  to  a  single database
       instance. These entries may have olcOverlay child entries corresponding
       to  any overlays configured on the database. The olcDatabase and olcOv-
       erlay entries may also have miscellaneous child entries for other  set-
       tings as needed. There are two special database entries that are prede-
       fined - one is an entry for the config database itself, and  the  other
       is  for  the "frontend" database. Settings in the frontend database are
       inherited by the other databases, unless they are explicitly overridden
       in a specific database.

       The specific configuration options available are discussed below in the
       Global Configuration Options,  General  Backend  Options,  and  General
       Database Options. Options are set by defining LDAP attributes with spe-
       cific values.  In general the names of the LDAP attributes are the same
       as the corresponding slapd.conf keyword, with an "olc" prefix added on.

       The parser for many of these attributes is the same as used for parsing
       the slapd.conf keywords. As such, slapd.conf keywords that allow multi-
       ple  items  to  be specified on one line, separated by whitespace, will
       allow multiple items to be specified in one attribute  value.  However,
       when  reading  the  attribute  via  LDAP, the items will be returned as
       individual attribute values.

       Backend-specific options are discussed in the slapd-<backend>(5) manual
       pages.   Refer to the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for more details
       on configuring slapd.


GLOBAL CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       Options described in this section apply  to  the  server  as  a  whole.
       Arguments  that should be replaced by actual text are shown in brackets
       <>.

       These options may only be specified in the cn=config entry. This  entry
       must have an objectClass of olcGlobal.

       olcAllows: <features>
              Specify  a  set  of  features  to allow (default none).  bind_v2
              allows acceptance of LDAPv2 bind requests.  Note  that  slapd(8)
              does  not  truly  implement LDAPv2 (RFC 1777), now Historic (RFC
              3494).  bind_anon_cred allows anonymous  bind  when  credentials
              are  not  empty  (e.g.   when DN is empty).  bind_anon_dn allows
              unauthenticated  (anonymous)  bind  when  DN   is   not   empty.
              update_anon allows unauthenticated (anonymous) update operations
              to be processed (subject to access controls and  other  adminis-
              trative   limits).    proxy_authz_anon   allows  unauthenticated
              (anonymous) proxy authorization control to be processed (subject
              to  access controls, authorization and other administrative lim-
              its).

       olcArgsFile: <filename>
              The (absolute) name of a file that will hold the slapd  server's
              command line (program name and options).

       olcAttributeOptions: <option-name>...
              Define  tagging  attribute options or option tag/range prefixes.
              Options must not end with `-', prefixes must end with `-'.   The
              `lang-'  prefix  is  predefined.  If you use the olcAttributeOp-
              tions directive, `lang-' will no longer be defined and you  must
              specify it explicitly if you want it defined.

              An  attribute  description with a tagging option is a subtype of
              that attribute description without the option.  Except for that,
              options  defined  this  way have no special semantics.  Prefixes
              defined this way work like the `lang-' options:  They  define  a
              prefix  for  tagging options starting with the prefix.  That is,
              if you define the  prefix  `x-foo-',  you  can  use  the  option
              `x-foo-bar'.   Furthermore,  in a search or compare, a prefix or
              range name (with a trailing `-') matches  all  options  starting
              with  that  name, as well as the option with the range name sans
              the trailing `-'.  That is, `x-foo-bar-' matches `x-foo-bar' and
              `x-foo-bar-baz'.

              RFC 4520 reserves options beginning with `x-' for private exper-
              iments.  Other options should be registered with IANA,  see  RFC
              4520  section  3.5.  OpenLDAP also has the `binary' option built
              in, but this is a transfer option, not a tagging option.

       olcAuthIDRewrite: <rewrite-rule>
              Used by the authentication  framework  to  convert  simple  user
              names  to  an LDAP DN used for authorization purposes.  Its pur-
              pose is analogous to that of olcAuthzRegexp  (see  below).   The
              rewrite-rule  is  a set of rules analogous to those described in
              slapo-rwm(5) for data rewriting (after stripping the  rwm-  pre-
              fix).   olcAuthIDRewrite and olcAuthzRegexp should not be inter-
              mixed.

       olcAuthzPolicy: <policy>
              Used to specify which rules  to  use  for  Proxy  Authorization.
              Proxy  authorization  allows  a  client  to  authenticate to the
              server using one user's credentials,  but  specify  a  different
              identity  to  use for authorization and access control purposes.
              It essentially allows user A to login as user B, using user  A's
              password.   The  none flag disables proxy authorization. This is
              the default setting.  The  from  flag  will  use  rules  in  the
              authzFrom  attribute  of the authorization DN.  The to flag will
              use rules in the authzTo attribute  of  the  authentication  DN.
              The  any  flag,  an alias for the deprecated value of both, will
              allow any of the above, whatever succeeds first (checked in  to,
              from  sequence.   The  all  flag requires both authorizations to
              succeed.

              The rules are mechanisms to specify which identities are allowed
              to  perform  proxy authorization.  The authzFrom attribute in an
              entry specifies which other users are allowed to proxy login  to
              this  entry.  The  authzTo attribute in an entry specifies which
              other users this user can authorize as.  Use  of  authzTo  rules
              can  be  easily  abused  if users are allowed to write arbitrary
              values to this attribute.  In general the authzTo attribute must
              be  protected with ACLs such that only privileged users can mod-
              ify it.  The value of authzFrom and authzTo describes  an  iden-
              tity or a set of identities; it can take five forms:

                     ldap:///<base>??[<scope>]?<filter>
                     dn[.<dnstyle>]:<pattern>
                     u[<mech>[<realm>]]:<pattern>
                     group[/objectClass[/attributeType]]:<pattern>
                     <pattern>

                     <dnstyle>:={exact|onelevel|children|subtree|regex}

              The  first form is a valid LDAP URI where the <host>:<port>, the
              <attrs> and the <extensions> portions must be  absent,  so  that
              the  search  occurs locally on either authzFrom or authzTo.  The
              second form is a DN, with the optional  style  modifiers  exact,
              onelevel,  children,  and  subtree for exact, onelevel, children
              and subtree matches, which  cause  <pattern>  to  be  normalized
              according  to  the  DN normalization rules, or the special regex
              style, which causes the <pattern>  to  be  treated  as  a  POSIX
              (''extended'')  regular  expression,  as  discussed  in regex(7)
              and/or re_format(7).  A pattern of * means any non-anonymous DN.
              The third form is a SASL id, with the optional fields <mech> and
              <realm> that allow to specify a SASL mechanism, and eventually a
              SASL  realm, for those mechanisms that support one.  The need to
              allow the specification of a mechanism  is  still  debated,  and
              users are strongly discouraged to rely on this possibility.  The
              fourth form is a group specification, consisting of the  keyword
              group,  optionally  followed  by  the specification of the group
              objectClass and member attributeType.  The group with  DN  <pat-
              tern>  is  searched  with  base scope, and in case of match, the
              values of the member attributeType are searched for the asserted
              DN.   For  backwards  compatibility, if no identity type is pro-
              vided, i.e. only <pattern> is present, an exact DN  is  assumed;
              as  a  consequence,  <pattern> is subjected to DN normalization.
              Since the interpretation of authzFrom  and  authzTo  can  impact
              security,  users  are  strongly encouraged to explicitly set the
              type of identity specification that is being used.  A subset  of
              these  rules  can  be  used  as  third arg in the olcAuthzRegexp
              statement  (see  below);  significantly,   the   URI   and   the
              dn.exact:<dn> forms.

       olcAuthzRegexp: <match> <replace>
              Used  by  the  authentication  framework  to convert simple user
              names, such as provided by SASL subsystem, to an  LDAP  DN  used
              for authorization purposes.  Note that the resultant DN need not
              refer to an existing entry to  be  considered  valid.   When  an
              authorization  request  is received from the SASL subsystem, the
              SASL USERNAME, REALM, and MECHANISM are taken,  when  available,
              and combined into a name of the form

                     UID=<username>[[,CN=<realm>],CN=<mechanism>],CN=auth

              This   name   is   then   compared   against   the  match  POSIX
              (''extended'') regular expression, and if the match is  success-
              ful, the name is replaced with the replace string.  If there are
              wildcard strings  in  the  match  regular  expression  that  are
              enclosed in parenthesis, e.g.

                     UID=([^,]*),CN=.*

              then  the  portion of the name that matched the wildcard will be
              stored in the numbered placeholder variable  $1.  If  there  are
              other wildcard strings in parenthesis, the matching strings will
              be in $2, $3, etc. up to $9. The placeholders can then  be  used
              in the replace string, e.g.

                     UID=$1,OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com

              The  replaced name can be either a DN, i.e. a string prefixed by
              "dn:", or an LDAP URI.  If the latter, the server will  use  the
              URI  to  search  its  own database(s) and, if the search returns
              exactly one entry, the name is replaced by the DN of that entry.
              The  LDAP URI must have no hostport, attrs, or extensions compo-
              nents, but the filter is mandatory, e.g.

                     ldap:///OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com??one?(UID=$1)

              The protocol portion of the URI must  be  strictly  ldap.   Note
              that  this  search is subject to access controls.  Specifically,
              the authentication identity must have "auth" access in the  sub-
              ject.

              Multiple  olcAuthzRegexp  values  can  be specified to allow for
              multiple matching and replacement patterns.  The  matching  pat-
              terns  are  checked  in  the order they appear in the attribute,
              stopping at the first successful match.

       olcConcurrency: <integer>
              Specify a desired level of concurrency.  Provided to the  under-
              lying  thread  system  as a hint.  The default is not to provide
              any hint. This setting is  only  meaningful  on  some  platforms
              where  there  is  not  a  one to one correspondence between user
              threads and kernel threads.

       olcConnMaxPending: <integer>
              Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an  anonymous
              session.   If  requests are submitted faster than the server can
              process them, they will be queued up to this limit. If the limit
              is exceeded, the session is closed. The default is 100.

       olcConnMaxPendingAuth: <integer>
              Specify  the maximum number of pending requests for an authenti-
              cated session.  The default is 1000.

       olcDisallows: <features>
              Specify a set of features to disallow (default none).  bind_anon
              disables  acceptance of anonymous bind requests.  Note that this
              setting  does  not  prohibit  anonymous  directory  access  (See
              "require  authc").  bind_simple disables simple (bind) authenti-
              cation.  tls_2_anon disables forcing session to anonymous status
              (see also tls_authc) upon StartTLS operation receipt.  tls_authc
              disallows the StartTLS  operation  if  authenticated  (see  also
              tls_2_anon).

       olcGentleHUP: { TRUE | FALSE }
              A  SIGHUP  signal  will  only cause a 'gentle' shutdown-attempt:
              Slapd will stop listening for  new  connections,  but  will  not
              close  the  connections  to  the  current clients.  Future write
              operations return unwilling-to-perform,  though.   Slapd  termi-
              nates  when  all  clients have closed their connections (if they
              ever do), or - as before - if  it  receives  a  SIGTERM  signal.
              This can be useful if you wish to terminate the server and start
              a new slapd server with another database, without disrupting the
              currently  active  clients.  The default is FALSE.  You may wish
              to use olcIdleTimeout along with this option.

       olcIdleTimeout: <integer>
              Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing an
              idle  client  connection.  A setting of 0 disables this feature.
              The default is 0. You may also want to set  the  olcWriteTimeout
              option.

       olcIndexIntLen: <integer>
              Specify  the  key  length  for ordered integer indices. The most
              significant bytes of the binary integer will be used  for  index
              keys.  The default value is 4, which provides exact indexing for
              31 bit values.  A floating point representation is used to index
              too large values.

       olcIndexSubstrIfMaxlen: <integer>
              Specify  the maximum length for subinitial and subfinal indices.
              Only this many characters of an attribute  value  will  be  pro-
              cessed  by  the  indexing  functions;  any excess characters are
              ignored. The default is 4.

       olcIndexSubstrIfMinlen: <integer>
              Specify the minimum length for subinitial and subfinal  indices.
              An  attribute  value  must have at least this many characters in
              order to be processed by the indexing functions. The default  is
              2.

       olcIndexSubstrAnyLen: <integer>
              Specify  the  length used for subany indices. An attribute value
              must have at least this many characters  in  order  to  be  pro-
              cessed.  Attribute  values  longer than this length will be pro-
              cessed in segments of this length. The default is 4. The  subany
              index will also be used in subinitial and subfinal index lookups
              when the filter string is longer than the olcIndexSubstrIfMaxlen
              value.

       olcIndexSubstrAnyStep: <integer>
              Specify  the steps used in subany index lookups. This value sets
              the offset for the segments of a filter  string  that  are  pro-
              cessed for a subany index lookup. The default is 2. For example,
              with the default values, a search using this filter  "cn=*abcde-
              fgh*"  would  generate  index  lookups  for  "abcd", "cdef", and
              "efgh".

       Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use.  Also,
       changing  these  settings  will  generally require deleting any indices
       that depend on these parameters and recreating them with slapindex(8).

       olcListenerThreads: <integer>
              Specify the number of threads to use for the connection manager.
              The default is 1 and this is typically adequate for up to 16 CPU
              cores.  The value should be set to a power of 2.

       olcLocalSSF: <SSF>
              Specifies the Security Strength Factor (SSF) to be  given  local
              LDAP  sessions,  such  as those to the ldapi:// listener.  For a
              description of SSF values, see olcSaslSecProps's  minssf  option
              description.  The default is 71.

       olcLogFile: <filename>
              Specify  a  file  for  recording  debug log messages. By default
              these messages only go to stderr and are not  recorded  anywhere
              else.  Specifying  a  logfile copies messages to both stderr and
              the logfile.

       olcLogLevel: <integer> [...]
              Specify the level at which debugging  statements  and  operation
              statistics  should  be  syslogged  (currently logged to the sys-
              logd(8) LOG_LOCAL4 facility).  They must be  considered  subsys-
              tems rather than increasingly verbose log levels.  Some messages
              with higher priority are logged  regardless  of  the  configured
              loglevel  as  soon as any logging is configured.  Log levels are
              additive, and available levels are:
                     1      (0x1 trace) trace function calls
                     2      (0x2 packets) debug packet handling
                     4      (0x4 args) heavy trace debugging (function args)
                     8      (0x8 conns) connection management
                     16     (0x10 BER) print out packets sent and received
                     32     (0x20 filter) search filter processing
                     64     (0x40 config) configuration file processing
                     128    (0x80 ACL) access control list processing
                     256    (0x100   stats)   stats   log   connections/opera-
                            tions/results
                     512    (0x200 stats2) stats log entries sent
                     1024   (0x400 shell) print communication with shell back-
                            ends
                     2048   (0x800 parse) entry parsing

                     16384  (0x4000 sync) LDAPSync replication
                     32768  (0x8000 none) only messages that get logged  what-
                            ever log level is set
              The desired log level can be input as a single integer that com-
              bines the (ORed) desired levels, both in decimal or in hexadeci-
              mal  notation, as a list of integers (that are ORed internally),
              or as a list of the names that are shown between brackets,  such
              that

                  olcLogLevel: 129
                  olcLogLevel: 0x81
                  olcLogLevel: 128 1
                  olcLogLevel: 0x80 0x1
                  olcLogLevel: acl trace

              are  equivalent.   The  keyword any can be used as a shortcut to
              enable logging at all levels (equivalent to  -1).   The  keyword
              none,  or  the  equivalent  integer representation, causes those
              messages  that  are  logged   regardless   of   the   configured
              olcLogLevel  to  be  logged.  In fact, if no olcLogLevel (or a 0
              level) is defined, no logging occurs, so at least the none level
              is required to have high priority messages logged.

       olcPasswordCryptSaltFormat: <format>
              Specify  the format of the salt passed to crypt(3) when generat-
              ing {CRYPT} passwords (see olcPasswordHash) during processing of
              LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).

              This string needs to be in sprintf(3) format and may include one
              (and only one) %s conversion.  This conversion will  be  substi-
              tuted  with  a  string  of random characters from [A-Za-z0-9./].
              For example, "%.2s" provides a two character salt and  "$1$%.8s"
              tells some versions of crypt(3) to use an MD5 algorithm and pro-
              vides 8 random characters of salt.  The default is  "%s",  which
              provides 31 characters of salt.

       olcPidFile: <filename>
              The  (absolute) name of a file that will hold the slapd server's
              process ID (see getpid(2)).

       olcPluginLogFile: <filename>
              The ( absolute ) name of a file that will contain  log  messages
              from SLAPI plugins. See slapd.plugin(5) for details.

       olcReferral: <url>
              Specify  the  referral  to pass back when slapd(8) cannot find a
              local database to handle a  request.   If  multiple  values  are
              specified, each url is provided.

       olcReverseLookup: TRUE | FALSE
              Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup (default is
              FALSE if compiled with --enable-rlookups).

       olcRootDSE: <file>
              Specify the name of an  LDIF(5)  file  containing  user  defined
              attributes  for  the root DSE.  These attributes are returned in
              addition to the attributes normally produced by slapd.

              The root DSE is an entry with information about the  server  and
              its  capabilities,  in operational attributes.  It has the empty
              DN, and can be read with e.g.:
                  ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base "+"
              See RFC 4512 section 5.1 for details.

       olcSaslAuxprops: <plugin> [...]
              Specify which auxprop plugins to use for authentication lookups.
              The  default is empty, which just uses slapd's internal support.
              Usually no other auxprop plugins are needed.

       olcSaslHost: <fqdn>
              Used to specify the fully qualified domain name  used  for  SASL
              processing.

       olcSaslRealm: <realm>
              Specify SASL realm.  Default is empty.

       olcSaslSecProps: <properties>
              Used  to  specify Cyrus SASL security properties.  The none flag
              (without  any  other  properties)  causes  the  flag  properties
              default, "noanonymous,noplain", to be cleared.  The noplain flag
              disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.   The
              noactive flag disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
              The nodict flag disables mechanisms susceptible to passive  dic-
              tionary attacks.  The noanonymous flag disables mechanisms which
              support anonymous login.  The forwardsec  flag  require  forward
              secrecy between sessions.  The passcred require mechanisms which
              pass client credentials (and allow  mechanisms  which  can  pass
              credentials  to  do so).  The minssf=<factor> property specifies
              the minimum acceptable security strength factor  as  an  integer
              approximate  to  effective  key  length  used for encryption.  0
              (zero) implies no protection,  1  implies  integrity  protection
              only, 56 allows DES or other weak ciphers, 112 allows triple DES
              and other strong ciphers, 128 allows  RC4,  Blowfish  and  other
              modern  strong  ciphers.  The default is 0.  The maxssf=<factor>
              property specifies the maximum acceptable security strength fac-
              tor  as  an  integer  (see  minssf description).  The default is
              INT_MAX.  The maxbufsize=<size> property specifies  the  maximum
              security layer receive buffer size allowed.  0 disables security
              layers.  The default is 65536.

       olcServerID: <integer> [<URL>]
              Specify an integer ID from 0 to 4095 for this server (limited to
              3  hexadecimal digits).  The ID may also be specified as a hexa-
              decimal ID by prefixing the value  with  "0x".   These  IDs  are
              required when using multimaster replication and each master must
              have a unique ID. Note that this  requirement  also  applies  to
              separate  masters  contributing to a glued set of databases.  If
              the URL is provided, this directive may  be  specified  multiple
              times,  providing  a  complete list of participating servers and
              their IDs. The fully qualified hostname of each server should be
              used  in the supplied URLs. The IDs are used in the "replica id"
              field of all CSNs generated by the specified server. The default
              value is zero.  Example:

            olcServerID: 1 ldap://ldap1.example.com
            olcServerID: 2 ldap://ldap2.example.com

       olcSockbufMaxIncoming: <integer>
              Specify  the  maximum  incoming LDAP PDU size for anonymous ses-
              sions.  The default is 262143.

       olcSockbufMaxIncomingAuth: <integer>
              Specify the maximum incoming LDAP  PDU  size  for  authenticated
              sessions.  The default is 4194303.

       olcTCPBuffer [listener=<URL>] [{read|write}=]<size>
              Specify  the  size  of  the TCP buffer.  A global value for both
              read and write TCP buffers related to any listener  is  defined,
              unless  the listener is explicitly specified, or either the read
              or write qualifiers are used.  See  tcp(7)  for  details.   Note
              that some OS-es implement automatic TCP buffer tuning.

       olcThreads: <integer>
              Specify  the  maximum  size  of  the  primary  thread pool.  The
              default is 16; the minimum value is 2.

       olcToolThreads: <integer>
              Specify the maximum number of threads to use in tool mode.  This
              should  not  be  greater  than the number of CPUs in the system.
              The default is 1.

       olcWriteTimeout: <integer>
              Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing  a
              connection with an outstanding write.  This allows recovery from
              various network hang conditions.  A setting of 0  disables  this
              feature.  The default is 0.


TLS OPTIONS

       If  slapd is built with support for Transport Layer Security, there are
       more options you can specify.

       olcTLSCipherSuite: <cipher-suite-spec>
              Permits configuring what ciphers will be accepted and the  pref-
              erence order.  <cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specifica-
              tion for the TLS library in use  (OpenSSL,  GnuTLS,  or  Mozilla
              NSS).  Example:

                     OpenSSL:
                            olcTLSCipherSuite: HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2

                     GnuTLS:
                            TLSCiphersuite SECURE256:!AES-128-CBC

              To check what ciphers a given spec selects in OpenSSL, use:

                   openssl ciphers -v <cipher-suite-spec>

              With  GnuTLS the available specs can be found in the manual page
              of gnutls-cli(1) (see the description of the option --priority).

              In older versions of GnuTLS, where gnutls-cli does  not  support
              the  option  --priority,  you  can obtain the -- more limited --
              list of ciphers by calling:

                   gnutls-cli -l

              When using Mozilla NSS, the OpenSSL cipher suite  specifications
              are  used  and  translated  into  the  format used internally by
              Mozilla NSS.  There isn't an easy way to list the cipher  suites
              from  the command line.  The authoritative list is in the source
              code for Mozilla NSS in the file sslinfo.c in the structure
                      static const SSLCipherSuiteInfo suiteInfo[]

       olcTLSCACertificateFile: <filename>
              Specifies the file that contains certificates  for  all  of  the
              Certificate Authorities that slapd will recognize.

       olcTLSCACertificatePath: <path>
              Specifies  the  path  of  a  directory that contains Certificate
              Authority certificates in  separate  individual  files.  Usually
              only  one  of this or the olcTLSCACertificateFile is defined. If
              both are specified, both locations will be used. This  directive
              is not supported when using GnuTLS.

              When  using  Mozilla  NSS,  <path>  may  contain  a  Mozilla NSS
              cert/key database.  If <path> contains a  Mozilla  NSS  cert/key
              database and CA cert files, OpenLDAP will use the cert/key data-
              base and will ignore the CA cert files.

       olcTLSCertificateFile: <filename>
              Specifies the file that contains the slapd server certificate.

              When using Mozilla NSS, if using a cert/key database  (specified
              with  olcTLSCACertificatePath),  olcTLSCertificateFile specifies
              the name of the certificate to use:
                   olcTLSCertificateFile: Server-Cert
              If using a token other than the internal built in token, specify
              the token name first, followed by a colon:
                   olcTLSCertificateFile: my hardware device:Server-Cert
              Use certutil -L to list the certificates by name:
                   certutil -d /path/to/certdbdir -L

       olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: <filename>
              Specifies  the  file  that contains the slapd server private key
              that matches the certificate stored in the olcTLSCertificateFile
              file. If the private key is protected with a password, the pass-
              word must be manually typed in when slapd starts.   Usually  the
              private  key is not protected with a password, to allow slapd to
              start without manual intervention, so it is of  critical  impor-
              tance that the file is protected carefully.

              When  using  Mozilla NSS, olcTLSCertificateKeyFile specifies the
              name of a file that contains the password for the  key  for  the
              certificate  specified  with olcTLSCertificateFile.  The modutil
              command can be used to turn  off  password  protection  for  the
              cert/key  database.   For  example,  if  olcTLSCACertificatePath
              specifes /etc/openldap/certdb as the location  of  the  cert/key
              database,  use  modutil  to  change  the  password  to the empty
              string:
                   modutil -dbdir /etc/openldap/certdb -changepw 'NSS Certificate DB'
              You must have the old password,  if  any.   Ignore  the  WARNING
              about the running browser.  Press 'Enter' for the new password.

       olcTLSDHParamFile: <filename>
              This  directive  specifies the file that contains parameters for
              Diffie-Hellman ephemeral key  exchange.   This  is  required  in
              order  to  use a DSA certificate on the server. If multiple sets
              of parameters are present in the file, all of them will be  pro-
              cessed.  Note that setting this option may also enable Anonymous
              Diffie-Hellman  key  exchanges  in  certain  non-default  cipher
              suites.   You  should append "!ADH" to your cipher suites if you
              have changed them from the  default,  otherwise  no  certificate
              exchanges  or  verification  will  be done. When using GnuTLS or
              Mozilla NSS these parameters are always  generated  randomly  so
              this directive is ignored.

       olcTLSProtocolMin: <major>[.<minor>]
              Specifies  minimum SSL/TLS protocol version that will be negoti-
              ated.  If the server doesn't support at least that version,  the
              SSL handshake will fail.  To require TLS 1.x or higher, set this
              option to 3.(x+1), e.g.,

                   olcTLSProtocolMin: 3.2

              would require TLS 1.1.  Specifying a minimum that is higher than
              that  supported by the OpenLDAP implementation will result in it
              requiring the highest level that it does support.   This  direc-
              tive is ignored with GnuTLS.

       olcTLSRandFile: <filename>
              Specifies  the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]ran-
              dom is  not  available.   Generally  set  to  the  name  of  the
              EGD/PRNGD socket.  The environment variable RANDFILE can also be
              used to specify the filename.  This directive  is  ignored  with
              GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.

       olcTLSVerifyClient: <level>
              Specifies  what  checks  to perform on client certificates in an
              incoming TLS session, if any.  The <level> can be  specified  as
              one of the following keywords:

              never  This is the default.  slapd will not ask the client for a
                     certificate.

              allow  The client certificate is requested.  If  no  certificate
                     is  provided,  the  session  proceeds normally.  If a bad
                     certificate is provided, it will be ignored and the  ses-
                     sion proceeds normally.

              try    The  client  certificate is requested.  If no certificate
                     is provided, the session proceeds  normally.   If  a  bad
                     certificate  is provided, the session is immediately ter-
                     minated.

              demand | hard | true
                     These keywords are all equivalent, for compatibility rea-
                     sons.   The  client certificate is requested.  If no cer-
                     tificate is provided, or a bad certificate  is  provided,
                     the session is immediately terminated.

                     Note that a valid client certificate is required in order
                     to use the SASL EXTERNAL authentication mechanism with  a
                     TLS  session.   As such, a non-default olcTLSVerifyClient
                     setting must be chosen to enable SASL EXTERNAL  authenti-
                     cation.

       olcTLSCRLCheck: <level>
              Specifies  if  the  Certificate  Revocation List (CRL) of the CA
              should be used to verify if the  client  certificates  have  not
              been revoked. This requires olcTLSCACertificatePath parameter to
              be set. This parameter is ignored with GnuTLS and  Mozilla  NSS.
              <level> can be specified as one of the following keywords:

              none   No CRL checks are performed

              peer   Check the CRL of the peer certificate

              all    Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain

       olcTLSCRLFile: <filename>
              Specifies  a file containing a Certificate Revocation List to be
              used for verifying that certificates have not been revoked. This
              parameter is only valid when using GnuTLS or Mozilla NSS.


DYNAMIC MODULE OPTIONS

       If  slapd  is  compiled  with  --enable-modules then the module-related
       entries will be available. These entries are named cn=module{x},cn=con-
       fig  and  must  have the olcModuleList objectClass. One entry should be
       created per olcModulePath.  Normally the config  engine  generates  the
       "{x}"  index  in  the RDN automatically, so it can be omitted when ini-
       tially loading these entries.

       olcModuleLoad: <filename>
              Specify the name of a dynamically loadable module to  load.  The
              filename may be an absolute path name or a simple filename. Non-
              absolute names are searched for in the directories specified  by
              the olcModulePath option.

       olcModulePath: <pathspec>
              Specify  a  list  of directories to search for loadable modules.
              Typically the path is colon-separated but this  depends  on  the
              operating  system.   The  default is /usr/lib/openldap, which is
              where the standard OpenLDAP install will place its modules.


SCHEMA OPTIONS

       Schema definitions are created as entries  in  the  cn=schema,cn=config
       subtree.  These  entries must have the olcSchemaConfig objectClass.  As
       noted above, the actual cn=schema,cn=config entry is predefined and any
       values specified for it are ignored.

       olcAttributetypes:     ( <oid>    [NAME <name>]    [DESC <description>]
              [OBSOLETE]   [SUP <oid>]    [EQUALITY <oid>]    [ORDERING <oid>]
              [SUBSTR <oid>]   [SYNTAX <oidlen>]  [SINGLE-VALUE]  [COLLECTIVE]
              [NO-USER-MODIFICATION] [USAGE <attributeUsage>] )
              Specify an attribute type using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC
              4512.   The  slapd  parser  extends  the  RFC 4512 definition by
              allowing string forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the
              attribute    OID   and   attribute   syntax   OID.    (See   the
              olcObjectIdentifier description.)

       olcDitContentRules:    ( <oid>    [NAME <name>]    [DESC <description>]
              [OBSOLETE]      [AUX <oids>]      [MUST <oids>]     [MAY <oids>]
              [NOT <oids>] )
              Specify an DIT Content Rule using the LDAPv3 syntax  defined  in
              RFC  4512.   The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by
              allowing string forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the
              attribute    OID   and   attribute   syntax   OID.    (See   the
              olcObjectIdentifier description.)

       olcObjectClasses: ( <oid> [NAME <name>] [DESC <description>] [OBSOLETE]
              [SUP <oids>]   [{   ABSTRACT   |   STRUCTURAL   |  AUXILIARY  }]
              [MUST <oids>] [MAY <oids>] )
              Specify an objectclass using the LDAPv3 syntax  defined  in  RFC
              4512.   The  slapd  parser  extends  the  RFC 4512 definition by
              allowing string forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the
              object  class  OID.   (See the olcObjectIdentifier description.)
              Object classes are "STRUCTURAL" by default.

       olcObjectIdentifier: <name> { <oid> | <name>[:<suffix>] }
              Define a string name that equates to the given OID.  The  string
              can  be  used  in  place  of  the numeric OID in objectclass and
              attribute definitions. The name can also be used with  a  suffix
              of the form ":xx" in which case the value "oid.xx" will be used.


GENERAL BACKEND OPTIONS

       Options  in  these  entries only apply to the configuration of a single
       type of backend. All backends may support this class  of  options,  but
       currently     none     do.      The     entry     must     be     named
       olcBackend=<databasetype>,cn=config and must have the  olcBackendConfig
       objectClass.  <databasetype> should be one of bdb, config, dnssrv, hdb,
       ldap, ldif, mdb, meta, monitor, ndb, null, passwd, perl, relay,  shell,
       or sql.  At present, no backend implements any options of this type, so
       this entry should not be used.


DATABASE OPTIONS

       Database      options      are      set      in      entries      named
       olcDatabase={x}<databasetype>,cn=config     and     must    have    the
       olcDatabaseConfig objectClass. Normally the config engine generates the
       "{x}"  index  in  the  RDN  automatically,  so  it  can be omitted when
       initially loading these entries.

       The special frontend database is always numbered "{-1}" and the  config
       database is always numbered "{0}".


GLOBAL DATABASE OPTIONS

       Options  in  this section may be set in the special "frontend" database
       and inherited in all the other databases. These options may be  altered
       by  further settings in each specific database. The frontend entry must
       be   named   olcDatabase=frontend,cn=config   and   must    have    the
       olcFrontendConfig objectClass.

       olcAccess: to <what> [ by <who> <access> <control> ]+
              Grant  access (specified by <access>) to a set of entries and/or
              attributes (specified by  <what>)  by  one  or  more  requestors
              (specified  by  <who>).   If no access controls are present, the
              default policy allows anyone and everyone to read  anything  but
              restricts  updates  to  rootdn.   (e.g.,  "olcAccess:  to * by *
              read").  See slapd.access(5) and the  "OpenLDAP  Administrator's
              Guide" for details.

              Access  controls  set in the frontend are appended to any access
              controls set  on  the  specific  databases.   The  rootdn  of  a
              database can always read and write EVERYTHING in that database.

              Extra special care must be taken with the access controls on the
              config database. Unlike other databases, the default policy  for
              the  config  database  is  to  only  allow access to the rootdn.
              Regular users should not have  read  access,  and  write  access
              should be granted very carefully to privileged administrators.

       olcDefaultSearchBase: <dn>
              Specify  a default search base to use when client submits a non-
              base search request with an empty base DN.  Base  scoped  search
              requests  with  an empty base DN are not affected.  This setting
              is only allowed in the frontend entry.

       olcExtraAttrs: <attr>
              Lists what attributes need  to  be  added  to  search  requests.
              Local  storage backends return the entire entry to the frontend.
              The  frontend  takes  care  of  only  returning  the   requested
              attributes  that  are  allowed  by ACLs.  However, features like
              access checking and so may need specific attributes that are not
              automatically  returned  by  remote storage backends, like proxy
              backends and so on.  <attr> is an attribute that is  needed  for
              internal  purposes  and  thus always needs to be collected, even
              when not explicitly requested by  clients.   This  attribute  is
              multi-valued.

       olcPasswordHash: <hash> [<hash>...]
              This  option  configures  one  or  more  hashes  to  be  used in
              generation  of  user  passwords  stored  in   the   userPassword
              attribute  during  processing  of  LDAP Password Modify Extended
              Operations (RFC 3062).  The <hash> must be one of {SSHA}, {SHA},
              {SMD5}, {MD5}, {CRYPT}, and {CLEARTEXT}.  The default is {SSHA}.

              {SHA}  and  {SSHA}  use  the  SHA-1  algorithm (FIPS 160-1), the
              latter with a seed.

              {MD5} and {SMD5} use the MD5 algorithm (RFC  1321),  the  latter
              with a seed.

              {CRYPT} uses the crypt(3).

              {CLEARTEXT}  indicates  that the new password should be added to
              userPassword as clear text.

              Note  that  this  option  does  not  alter   the   normal   user
              applications  handling  of userPassword during LDAP Add, Modify,
              or other LDAP operations.  This setting is only allowed  in  the
              frontend entry.

       olcReadOnly: TRUE | FALSE
              This  option  puts  the  database  into  "read-only"  mode.  Any
              attempts to modify the database will  return  an  "unwilling  to
              perform"  error.   By  default,  olcReadOnly is FALSE. Note that
              when this option is set TRUE on the frontend, it cannot be reset
              without  restarting  the  server,  since  further  writes to the
              config database will be rejected.

       olcRequires: <conditions>
              Specify a set of conditions  to  require  (default  none).   The
              directive   may   be  specified  globally  and/or  per-database;
              databases   inherit   global   conditions,    so    per-database
              specifications are additive.  bind requires bind operation prior
              to directory operations.  LDAPv3 requires session  to  be  using
              LDAP   version   3.   authc  requires  authentication  prior  to
              directory operations.  SASL requires SASL  authentication  prior
              to  directory operations.  strong requires strong authentication
              prior  to  directory  operations.   The  strong  keyword  allows
              protected    "simple"    authentication    as   well   as   SASL
              authentication.  none may  be  used  to  require  no  conditions
              (useful to clear out globally set conditions within a particular
              database); it must occur first in the list of conditions.

       olcRestrict: <oplist>
              Specify a list of operations that are restricted.   Restrictions
              on   a   specific   database   override  any  frontend  setting.
              Operations  can  be  any  of   add,   bind,   compare,   delete,
              extended[=<OID>], modify, rename, search, or the special pseudo-
              operations read and write, which respectively summarize read and
              write  operations.   The  use of restrict write is equivalent to
              olcReadOnly: TRUE (see above).  The extended keyword  allows  to
              indicate the OID of the specific operation to be restricted.

       olcSchemaDN: <dn>
              Specify  the  distinguished name for the subschema subentry that
              controls  the  entries  on  this   server.    The   default   is
              "cn=Subschema".

       olcSecurity: <factors>
              Specify  a  set of security strength factors (separated by white
              space) to require (see olcSaslSecprops's  minssf  option  for  a
              description of security strength factors).  The directive may be
              specified globally and/or per-database.  ssf=<n>  specifies  the
              overall  security  strength factor.  transport=<n> specifies the
              transport security strength factor.  tls=<n> specifies  the  TLS
              security  strength factor.  sasl=<n> specifies the SASL security
              strength factor.  update_ssf=<n> specifies the overall  security
              strength    factor    to    require   for   directory   updates.
              update_transport=<n> specifies the transport  security  strength
              factor   to   require  for  directory  updates.   update_tls=<n>
              specifies the  TLS  security  strength  factor  to  require  for
              directory  updates.  update_sasl=<n> specifies the SASL security
              strength   factor   to   require    for    directory    updates.
              simple_bind=<n>  specifies the security strength factor required
              for simple  username/password  authentication.   Note  that  the
              transport   factor  is  measure  of  security  provided  by  the
              underlying transport, e.g. ldapi:// (and eventually IPSEC).   It
              is not normally used.

       olcSizeLimit: {<integer>|unlimited}

       olcSizeLimit: size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> [...]
              Specify  the  maximum  number of entries to return from a search
              operation.  The default size limit is  500.   Use  unlimited  to
              specify  no  limits.   The  second  format  allows  a fine grain
              setting of the size limits.  Extra args can be added in the same
              value or as additional values.  See olcLimits for an explanation
              of the different flags.

       olcSortVals: <attr> [...]
              Specify a list of  multi-valued  attributes  whose  values  will
              always  be  maintained  in  sorted order. Using this option will
              allow  Modify,  Compare,  and  filter   evaluations   on   these
              attributes  to be performed more efficiently. The resulting sort
              order depends on the attributes' syntax and matching  rules  and
              may  not  correspond  to lexical order or any other recognizable
              order.  This setting is only allowed in the frontend entry.

       olcTimeLimit: {<integer>|unlimited}

       olcTimeLimit: time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
              Specify the maximum number of seconds (in real time) slapd  will
              spend  answering  a  search  request.  The default time limit is
              3600.  Use unlimited to specify no limits.   The  second  format
              allows  a fine grain setting of the time limits.  Extra args can
              be added in  the  same  value  or  as  additional  values.   See
              olcLimits for an explanation of the different flags.


GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS

       Options  in  this section only apply to the specific database for which
       they are defined.  They are supported by every type of backend. All  of
       the Global Database Options may also be used here.

       olcAddContentAcl: TRUE | FALSE
              Controls  whether  Add operations will perform ACL checks on the
              content of the entry being added. This check is off by  default.
              See  the  slapd.access(5)  manual  page  for more details on ACL
              requirements for Add operations.

       olcHidden: TRUE | FALSE
              Controls whether the database will be used to answer queries.  A
              database  that  is  hidden  will never be selected to answer any
              queries, and any suffix  configured  on  the  database  will  be
              ignored  in  checks  for  conflicts  with  other  databases.  By
              default, olcHidden is FALSE.

       olcLastMod: TRUE | FALSE
              Controls  whether  slapd   will   automatically   maintain   the
              modifiersName,      modifyTimestamp,      creatorsName,      and
              createTimestamp attributes for entries.  It  also  controls  the
              entryCSN  and  entryUUID  attributes,  which  are  needed by the
              syncrepl provider. By default, olcLastMod is TRUE.

       olcLimits: <selector> <limit> [<limit> [...]]
              Specify time and size limits based on the operation's  initiator
              or base DN.  The argument <selector> can be any of

                     anonymous    |    users    |    [<dnspec>=]<pattern>    |
                     group[/oc[/at]]=<pattern>

              with

                     <dnspec> ::= dn[.<type>][.<style>]

                     <type>  ::= self | this

                     <style> ::= exact | base | onelevel | subtree |  children
                     | regex | anonymous

              DN type self is the default and means the bound user, while this
              means the base DN of the operation.  The term anonymous  matches
              all   unauthenticated  clients.   The  term  users  matches  all
              authenticated clients; otherwise an exact dn pattern is  assumed
              unless  otherwise  specified  by  qualifying  the (optional) key
              string dn with exact or base (which are synonyms), to require an
              exact  match;  with  onelevel,  to  require exactly one level of
              depth match; with subtree, to allow any level  of  depth  match,
              including  the exact match; with children, to allow any level of
              depth match, not including the  exact  match;  regex  explicitly
              requires  the  (default)  match  based  on  POSIX (''extended'')
              regular expression pattern.  Finally, anonymous matches  unbound
              operations;  the pattern field is ignored.  The same behavior is
              obtained by using the anonymous form of the  <selector>  clause.
              The   term   group,   with   the  optional  objectClass  oc  and
              attributeType at fields, followed by pattern,  sets  the  limits
              for  any  DN  listed  in the values of the at attribute (default
              member) of the oc group objectClass (default groupOfNames) whose
              DN exactly matches pattern.

              The currently supported limits are size and time.

              The  syntax  for  time  limits  is time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer>,
              where  integer  is  the  number  of  seconds  slapd  will  spend
              answering  a  search  request.   If  no time limit is explicitly
              requested by  the  client,  the  soft  limit  is  used;  if  the
              requested  time  limit  exceeds the hard limit, the value of the
              limit is used instead.  If the hard limit is set to the  keyword
              soft, the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the
              keyword unlimited, no hard limit is enforced.  Explicit requests
              for  time limits smaller or equal to the hard limit are honored.
              If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the  soft
              limit,  and  the  hard  limit  is  set  to soft, to preserve the
              original behavior.

              The        syntax        for        size        limits        is
              size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer>,  where  integer  is  the
              maximum number of entries slapd will return answering  a  search
              request.   If  no  size  limit  is  explicitly  requested by the
              client, the soft limit is used;  if  the  requested  size  limit
              exceeds  the hard limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
              If the hard limit is set to the keyword soft, the soft limit  is
              used  in  either case; if it is set to the keyword unlimited, no
              hard limit is  enforced.   Explicit  requests  for  size  limits
              smaller  or  equal to the hard limit are honored.  The unchecked
              specifier sets a limit on the  number  of  candidates  a  search
              request  is allowed to examine.  The rationale behind it is that
              searches for non-properly indexed attributes may result in large
              sets  of  candidates,  which  must  be  examined  by slapd(8) to
              determine whether they match the  search  filter  or  not.   The
              unchecked  limit provides a means to drop such operations before
              they are even started.  If the selected  candidates  exceed  the
              unchecked  limit,  the  search  will  abort  with  Unwilling  to
              perform.  If it is set to the keyword  unlimited,  no  limit  is
              applied  (the  default).  If it is set to disable, the search is
              not even performed; this can be used to disallow searches for  a
              specific  set of users.  If no limit specifier is set, the value
              is assigned to the soft limit, and the  hard  limit  is  set  to
              soft, to preserve the original behavior.

              In  case  of  no match, the global limits are used.  The default
              values are the same as for  olcSizeLimit  and  olcTimeLimit;  no
              limit is set on unchecked.

              If  pagedResults  control  is  requested, the hard size limit is
              used by default, because the request of a specific page size  is
              considered an explicit request for a limitation on the number of
              entries to be returned.  However, the size limit applies to  the
              total  count of entries returned within the search, and not to a
              single page.  Additional size limits may be enforced; the syntax
              is  size.pr={<integer>|noEstimate|unlimited},  where  integer is
              the max page size if no  explicit  limit  is  set;  the  keyword
              noEstimate inhibits the server from returning an estimate of the
              total number of  entries  that  might  be  returned  (note:  the
              current  implementation  does  not  return  any  estimate).  The
              keyword unlimited indicates that no  limit  is  applied  to  the
              pagedResults      control     page     size.      The     syntax
              size.prtotal={<integer>|unlimited|disabled}  allows  to  set   a
              limit on the total number of entries that a pagedResults control
              allows to return.  By default it is set to the hard limit.  When
              set,  integer is the max number of entries that the whole search
              with pagedResults control can return.  Use  unlimited  to  allow
              unlimited  number  of  entries to be returned, e.g. to allow the
              use of the pagedResults control as a means  to  circumvent  size
              limitations  on  regular searches; the keyword disabled disables
              the control, i.e. no paged results can be returned.   Note  that
              the  total  number  of  entries  returned  when the pagedResults
              control is requested  cannot  exceed  the  hard  size  limit  of
              regular searches unless extended by the prtotal switch.

       olcMaxDerefDepth: <depth>
              Specifies  the  maximum  number  of  aliases to dereference when
              trying to resolve an entry, used to avoid infinite alias  loops.
              The default is 15.

       olcMirrorMode: TRUE | FALSE
              This  option puts a replica database into "mirror" mode.  Update
              operations  will  be  accepted  from  any  user,  not  just  the
              updatedn.   The  database must already be configured as syncrepl
              consumer before  this  keyword  may  be  set.   This  mode  also
              requires  a  olcServerID  (see  above)  to  be  configured.   By
              default, this setting is FALSE.

       olcPlugin: <plugin_type> <lib_path> <init_function> [<arguments>]
              Configure a SLAPI plugin. See the  slapd.plugin(5)  manpage  for
              more details.

       olcRootDN: <dn>
              Specify  the  distinguished  name  that is not subject to access
              control or administrative limit restrictions for  operations  on
              this  database.   This  DN  may or may not be associated with an
              entry.  An empty root DN (the default) specifies no root  access
              is  to  be  granted.   It is recommended that the rootdn only be
              specified when needed  (such  as  when  initially  populating  a
              database).   If the rootdn is within a namingContext (suffix) of
              the database, a simple bind password may also be provided  using
              the  olcRootPW  directive. Note that the rootdn is always needed
              when using syncrepl.  The olcRootDN of  the  cn=config  database
              defaults to cn=config itself.

       olcRootPW: <password>
              Specify  a  password  (or  hash of the password) for the rootdn.
              The password can only  be  set  if  the  rootdn  is  within  the
              namingContext (suffix) of the database.  This option accepts all
              RFC  2307  userPassword  formats  known  to  the   server   (see
              olcPasswordHash    description)    as    well    as   cleartext.
              slappasswd(8) may be used to generate  a  hash  of  a  password.
              Cleartext  and  {CRYPT} passwords are not recommended.  If empty
              (the default), authentication of the root DN is by  other  means
              (e.g. SASL).  Use of SASL is encouraged.

       olcSubordinate: [TRUE | FALSE | advertise]
              Specify  that  the  current backend database is a subordinate of
              another backend database. A subordinate  database may have  only
              one  suffix.  This option may be used to glue multiple databases
              into a single namingContext.   If  the  suffix  of  the  current
              database  is  within  the  namingContext of a superior database,
              searches against the superior database will be propagated to the
              subordinate  as  well.  All  of  the databases associated with a
              single namingContext should have identical rootdns.  Behavior of
              other   LDAP  operations  is  unaffected  by  this  setting.  In
              particular, it is not possible to use moddn  to  move  an  entry
              from   one   subordinate   to  another  subordinate  within  the
              namingContext.

              If the optional advertise flag is supplied, the  naming  context
              of  this  database is advertised in the root DSE. The default is
              to hide this database context, so that only the superior context
              is visible.

              If  the  slap  tools slapcat(8), slapadd(8), or slapindex(8) are
              used on the  superior  database,  any  glued  subordinates  that
              support these tools are opened as well.

              Databases  that  are glued together should usually be configured
              with the same indices (assuming they support indexing), even for
              attributes  that  only  exist  in  some  of  these databases. In
              general, all of the glued  databases  should  be  configured  as
              similarly  as  possible,  since  the  intent  is  to provide the
              appearance of a single directory.

              Note  that  the   subordinate   functionality   is   implemented
              internally  by  the  glue  overlay and as such its behavior will
              interact with other  overlays  in  use.  By  default,  the  glue
              overlay  is  automatically configured as the last overlay on the
              superior  database.  Its  position  on  the  database   can   be
              explicitly  configured  by  setting an overlay glue directive at
              the desired position. This explicit configuration  is  necessary
              e.g.   when  using  the  syncprov overlay, which needs to follow
              glue in order to work over all of the glued databases. E.g.
                   dn: olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
                   olcSuffix: dc=example,dc=com
                   ...

                   dn: olcOverlay={0}glue,olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
                   ...

                   dn: olcOverlay={1}syncprov,olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
                   ...
       See the Overlays section below for more details.

       olcSuffix: <dn suffix>
              Specify the DN suffix of queries that will  be  passed  to  this
              backend  database.   Multiple  suffix  lines can be given and at
              least one is required for each database definition.

              If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of  another,  the
              database   with   the  inner  suffix  must  come  first  in  the
              configuration file.  You may also want to  glue  such  databases
              together with the olcSubordinate attribute.

       olcSyncUseSubentry: TRUE | FALSE
              Store  the  syncrepl  contextCSN  in  a  subentry instead of the
              context entry of  the  database.  The  subentry's  RDN  will  be
              "cn=ldapsync".  The  default is FALSE, meaning the contextCSN is
              stored in the context entry.

       olcSyncrepl:  rid=<replica   ID>   provider=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]
              searchbase=<base     DN>    [type=refreshOnly|refreshAndPersist]
              [interval=dd:hh:mm:ss]   [retry=[<retry    interval>    <#    of
              retries>]+]  [filter=<filter  str>]  [scope=sub|one|base|subord]
              [attrs=<attr   list>]    [exattrs=<attr    list>]    [attrsonly]
              [sizelimit=<limit>]  [timelimit=<limit>] [schemachecking=on|off]
              [network-timeout=<seconds>]                  [timeout=<seconds>]
              [bindmethod=simple|sasl]     [binddn=<dn>]     [saslmech=<mech>]
              [authcid=<identity>] [authzid=<identity>] [credentials=<passwd>]
              [realm=<realm>]                          [secprops=<properties>]
              [keepalive=<idle>:<probes>:<interval>]   [starttls=yes|critical]
              [tls_cert=<file>]      [tls_key=<file>]      [tls_cacert=<file>]
              [tls_cacertdir=<path>]      [tls_reqcert=never|allow|try|demand]
              [tls_ciphersuite=<ciphers>]         [tls_crlcheck=none|peer|all]
              [tls_protocol_min=<major>[.<minor>]]  [suffixmassage=<real  DN>]
              [logbase=<base        DN>]        [logfilter=<filter       str>]
              [syncdata=default|accesslog|changelog]
              Specify the current database as a replica which is  kept  up-to-
              date  with  the  master  content  by  establishing  the  current
              slapd(8) as a  replication  consumer  site  running  a  syncrepl
              replication engine.  The replica content is kept synchronized to
              the  master  content  using  the  LDAP  Content  Synchronization
              protocol.  Refer  to  the  "OpenLDAP  Administrator's Guide" for
              detailed information on setting up a replicated slapd  directory
              service using the syncrepl replication engine.

              rid   identifies  the  current  syncrepl  directive  within  the
              replication consumer site.  It is a non-negative integer  having
              no more than three decimal digits.

              provider  specifies the replication provider site containing the
              master content as an LDAP URI.  If  <port>  is  not  given,  the
              standard LDAP port number (389 or 636) is used.

              The  content  of  the syncrepl replica is defined using a search
              specification as its result set. The consumer  slapd  will  send
              search  requests  to  the provider slapd according to the search
              specification. The  search  specification  includes  searchbase,
              scope,   filter,  attrs,  attrsonly,  sizelimit,  and  timelimit
              parameters as in the normal search  specification.  The  exattrs
              option  may  also  be  used to specify attributes that should be
              omitted from incoming entries.  The scope defaults to  sub,  the
              filter  defaults  to  (objectclass=*),  and  there is no default
              searchbase. The attrs list defaults to "*,+" to return all  user
              and  operational attributes, and attrsonly and exattrs are unset
              by default.  The sizelimit and timelimit only accept "unlimited"
              and  positive  integers, and both default to "unlimited".  Note,
              however, that  any  provider-side  limits  for  the  replication
              identity  will  be  enforced  by  the provider regardless of the
              limits requested by the LDAP Content Synchronization  operation,
              much like for any other search operation.

              The  LDAP  Content  Synchronization  protocol  has two operation
              types.  In the refreshOnly operation, the  next  synchronization
              search operation is periodically rescheduled at an interval time
              (specified by interval parameter; 1 day by default)  after  each
              synchronization  operation  finishes.   In the refreshAndPersist
              operation, a synchronization search remains  persistent  in  the
              provider  slapd.   Further  updates  to  the master replica will
              generate searchResultEntry to the consumer slapd as  the  search
              responses to the persistent synchronization search.

              If an error occurs during replication, the consumer will attempt
              to reconnect according to the retry parameter which is a list of
              the  <retry  interval>  and  <# of retries> pairs.  For example,
              retry="60 10 300 3" lets the consumer retry every 60 seconds for
              the first 10 times and then retry every 300 seconds for the next
              3 times before stop retrying. The `+' in <#  of  retries>  means
              indefinite number of retries until success.

              The  schema  checking  can be enforced at the LDAP Sync consumer
              site by turning on the schemachecking parameter. The default  is
              off.

              The  network-timeout  parameter  sets how long the consumer will
              wait to establish a network connection to the provider.  Once  a
              connection  is established, the timeout parameter determines how
              long the consumer will wait for  the  initial  Bind  request  to
              complete.   The   defaults   for   these  parameters  come  from
              ldap.conf(5).

              A  bindmethod  of  simple  requires  the  options   binddn   and
              credentials  and  should  only  be  used  when adequate security
              services (e.g. TLS or IPSEC) are in place.  A bindmethod of sasl
              requires  the  option  saslmech.  Depending on the mechanism, an
              authentication identity  and/or  credentials  can  be  specified
              using  authcid  and  credentials.   The authzid parameter may be
              used to specify an authorization  identity.   Specific  security
              properties  (as with the sasl-secprops keyword above) for a SASL
              bind can be set with the secprops option.  A  non  default  SASL
              realm  can  be  set  with the realm option.  The provider, other
              than allow authentication of the syncrepl identity, should grant
              that  identity appropriate access privileges to the data that is
              being replicated (access directive), and  appropriate  time  and
              size limits (limits directive).

              The  keepalive  parameter  sets  the values of idle, probes, and
              interval used to check whether a socket is alive;  idle  is  the
              number  of  seconds a connection needs to remain idle before TCP
              starts sending keepalive probes; probes is the maximum number of
              keepalive probes TCP should send before dropping the connection;
              interval is interval in  seconds  between  individual  keepalive
              probes.   Only  some  systems support the customization of these
              values;  the  keepalive  parameter  is  ignored  otherwise,  and
              system-wide settings are used.

              The  starttls  parameter  specifies use of the StartTLS extended
              operation to establish a  TLS  session  before  Binding  to  the
              provider. If the critical argument is supplied, the session will
              be aborted if the StartTLS request fails. Otherwise the syncrepl
              session  continues without TLS. The tls_reqcert setting defaults
              to "demand" and the other TLS settings default to  the  same  as
              the main slapd TLS settings.

              The  suffixmassage parameter allows the consumer to pull entries
              from a remote directory whose DN suffix differs from  the  local
              directory.  The  portion of the remote entries' DNs that matches
              the searchbase will be replaced with the suffixmassage DN.

              Rather than replicating whole entries, the  consumer  can  query
              logs  of  data modifications. This mode of operation is referred
              to as delta syncrepl. In addition to the above  parameters,  the
              logbase  and  logfilter parameters must be set appropriately for
              the log that will be used. The syncdata parameter must be set to
              either "accesslog" if the log conforms to the slapo-accesslog(5)
              log format, or "changelog" if the log conforms to  the  obsolete
              changelog format. If the syncdata parameter is omitted or set to
              "default" then the log parameters are ignored.

       olcUpdateDN: <dn>
              This  option  is  only  applicable  in  a  slave  database.   It
              specifies   the  DN  permitted  to  update  (subject  to  access
              controls) the replica.  It is only needed in  certain  push-mode
              replication  scenarios.   Generally,  this  DN should not be the
              same as the rootdn used at the master.

       olcUpdateRef: <url>
              Specify the referral to pass back  when  slapd(8)  is  asked  to
              modify  a  replicated  local  database.   If multiple values are
              specified, each url is provided.


DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Each database  may  allow  specific  configuration  options;  they  are
       documented   separately   in   the  backends'  manual  pages.  See  the
       slapd.backends(5) manual page for an overview of available backends.


OVERLAYS

       An overlay is a piece of code that intercepts  database  operations  in
       order  to  extend or change them. Overlays are pushed onto a stack over
       the database, and so they will execute in the reverse of the  order  in
       which they were configured and the database itself will receive control
       last of all.

       Overlays must be configured as child entries of  a  specific  database.
       The entry's RDN must be of the form olcOverlay={x}<overlaytype> and the
       entry must have the olcOverlayConfig objectClass. Normally  the  config
       engine generates the "{x}" index in the RDN automatically, so it can be
       omitted when initially loading these entries.

       See the slapd.overlays(5) manual page  for  an  overview  of  available
       overlays.


EXAMPLES

       Here  is  a  short  example of a configuration in LDIF suitable for use
       with slapadd(8) :

              dn: cn=config
              objectClass: olcGlobal
              cn: config
              olcPidFile: /var/lib/run/slapd.pid
              olcAttributeOptions: x-hidden lang-

              dn: cn=schema,cn=config
              objectClass: olcSchemaConfig
              cn: schema

              include: file:///etc/openldap/schema/core.ldif

              dn: olcDatabase=frontend,cn=config
              objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
              objectClass: olcFrontendConfig
              olcDatabase: frontend
              # Subtypes of "name" (e.g. "cn" and "ou") with the
              # option ";x-hidden" can be searched for/compared,
              # but are not shown.  See slapd.access(5).
              olcAccess: to attrs=name;x-hidden by * =cs
              # Protect passwords.  See slapd.access(5).
              olcAccess: to attrs=userPassword  by * auth
              # Read access to other attributes and entries.
              olcAccess: to * by * read

              # set a rootpw for the config database so we can bind.
              # deny access to everyone else.
              dn: olcDatabase=config,cn=config
              objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
              olcDatabase: config
              olcRootPW: {SSHA}XKYnrjvGT3wZFQrDD5040US592LxsdLy
              olcAccess: to * by * none

              dn: olcDatabase=bdb,cn=config
              objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
              objectClass: olcBdbConfig
              olcDatabase: bdb
              olcSuffix: "dc=our-domain,dc=com"
              # The database directory MUST exist prior to
              # running slapd AND should only be accessible
              # by the slapd/tools. Mode 0700 recommended.
              olcDbDirectory: /var/lib/openldap-data
              # Indices to maintain
              olcDbIndex:     objectClass  eq
              olcDbIndex:     cn,sn,mail   pres,eq,approx,sub

              # We serve small clients that do not handle referrals,
              # so handle remote lookups on their behalf.
              dn: olcDatabase=ldap,cn=config
              objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
              objectClass: olcLdapConfig
              olcDatabase: ldap
              olcSuffix: ""
              olcDbUri: ldap://ldap.some-server.com/

       Assuming the above data was saved in a file named "config.ldif" and the
       /etc/openldap/slapd.d  directory  has  been  created, this command will
       initialize the configuration:
              slapadd -F /etc/openldap/slapd.d -n 0 -l config.ldif

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" contains a longer annotated example of
       a slapd configuration.

       Alternatively,  an existing slapd.conf file can be converted to the new
       format using slapd or any of the slap tools:
              slaptest -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -F /etc/openldap/slapd.d


FILES

       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

       /etc/openldap/slapd.d
              default slapd configuration directory


SEE ALSO

       ldap(3), ldif(5),  gnutls-cli(1),  slapd.access(5),  slapd.backends(5),
       slapd.conf(5),     slapd.overlays(5),     slapd.plugin(5),    slapd(8),
       slapacl(8),    slapadd(8),    slapauth(8),    slapcat(8),    slapdn(8),
       slapindex(8), slappasswd(8), slaptest(8).

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP  Software  is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.   OpenLDAP   Software   is   derived   from
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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