openldap/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5

.TH SLAPD.CONF 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
slapd.conf \- configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
.B ETCDIR/slapd.conf
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
.BR slapacl (8),
.BR slapadd (8),
.BR slapauth (8),
.BR slapcat (8),
.BR slapdn (8),
.BR slapindex (8),
and
.BR slaptest (8).
.LP
The
.B slapd.conf
file consists of a series of global configuration options that apply to
.B slapd
as a whole (including all backends), followed by zero or more database
backend definitions that contain information specific to a backend
instance.
.LP
The general format of
.B slapd.conf
is as follows:
.LP
.nf
    # comment - these options apply to every database
    <global configuration options>
    # first database definition & configuration options
    database <backend 1 type>
    <configuration options specific to backend 1>
    # subsequent database definitions & configuration options
    ...
.fi
.LP
As many backend-specific sections as desired may be included.  Global
options can be overridden in a backend (for options that appear more
than once, the last appearance in the
.B slapd.conf
file is used).
.LP
If a line begins with white space, it is considered a continuation
of the previous line.  Blank lines and comment lines beginning with
a `#' character are ignored.  (Note: continuation lines are unwrapped
before comment processing is applied.)
.LP
Arguments on configuration lines are separated by white space. If an
argument contains white space, the argument should be enclosed in
double quotes.  If an argument contains a double quote (`"') or a
backslash character (`\\'), the character should be preceded by a
backslash character.
.LP
The specific configuration options available are discussed below in the
Global Configuration Options, General Backend Options, and General Database
Options.  Backend-specific options are discussed in the
.B slapd-<backend>(5)
manual pages.  Refer to the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for more
details on the slapd configuration file.
.SH GLOBAL CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
Options described in this section apply to all backends, unless specifically 
overridden in a backend definition. Arguments that should be replaced by 
actual text are shown in brackets <>.
.TP
.B access 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>).
See
.BR slapd.access (5)
and the "OpenLDAP's Administrator's Guide" for details.
.TP
.B allow <features>
Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
allow (default none).
.B bind_v2
allows acceptance of LDAPv2 bind requests.  Note that
.BR slapd (8)
does not truly implement LDAPv2 (RFC 1777), now Historic (RFC 3494).
.B bind_anon_cred
allows anonymous bind when credentials are not empty (e.g.
when DN is empty).
.B bind_anon_dn
allows unauthenticated (anonymous) bind when DN is not empty.
.B update_anon
allow unauthenticated (anonymous) update operations to be processed
(subject to access controls and other administrative limits).
.TP
.B argsfile <filename>
The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the 
.B slapd
server's command line options
if started without the debugging command line option.
.TP
.B attributeoptions [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
.B attributeoptions
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 2251 reserves options beginning with `x-' for private experiments.
Other options should be registered with IANA, see RFC 3383 section 3.4.
OpenLDAP also has the `binary' option built in, but this is a transfer
option, not a tagging option.
.HP
.hy 0
.B attributetype "(\ <oid>\
 [NAME\ <name>]\
 [DESC\ <description>]\
 [OBSOLETE]\
 [SUP\ <oid>]\
 [EQUALITY\ <oid>]\
 [ORDERING\ <oid>]\
 [SUBSTR\ <oid>]\
 [SYNTAX\ <oidlen>]\
 [SINGLE\-VALUE]\
 [COLLECTIVE]\
 [NO\-USER\-MODIFICATION]\
 [USAGE\ <attributeUsage>]\ )"
.RS
Specify an attribute type using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 2252.
The slapd parser extends the RFC 2252 definition by allowing string
forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
attribute syntax OID.
(See the
.B objectidentifier
description.) 
.RE
.TP
.B authz-policy <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
.B none
flag disables proxy authorization. This is the default setting.
The
.B from
flag will use rules in the
.I authzFrom
attribute of the authorization DN.
The
.B to
flag will use rules in the
.I authzTo
attribute of the authentication DN.
The
.B any
flag, an alias for the deprecated value of
.BR both ,
will allow any of the above, whatever succeeds first (checked in
.BR to ,
.B from
sequence.
The
.B all
flag requires both authorizations to succeed.
.LP
.RS
The rules are mechanisms to specify which identities are allowed 
to perform proxy authorization.
The
.I authzFrom
attribute in an entry specifies which other users
are allowed to proxy login to this entry. The
.I authzTo
attribute in
an entry specifies which other users this user can authorize as.  Use of
.I authzTo
rules can be easily
abused if users are allowed to write arbitrary values to this attribute.
In general the
.I authzTo
attribute must be protected with ACLs such that
only privileged users can modify it.
The value of
.I authzFrom
and
.I authzTo
describes an 
.B identity 
or a set of identities; it can take three forms:
.RS
.TP
.B ldap:///<base>??[<scope>]?<filter>
.RE
.RS
.B dn[.<dnstyle>]:<pattern>
.RE
.RS
.B u[<mech>[<realm>]]:<pattern>
.RE
.RS
.B group[/objectClass[/attributeType]]:<pattern>
.RE
.RS
.B <pattern>
.RE
.RS

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

.RE
The first form is a valid LDAP
.B URI
where the 
.IR <host>:<port> ,
the
.I <attrs>
and the
.I <extensions>
portions must be absent, so that the search occurs locally on either
.I authzFrom
or 
.IR authzTo .
The second form is a 
.BR DN ,
with the optional style modifiers
.IR exact ,
.IR onelevel ,
.IR children ,
and
.I subtree
for exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause 
.I <pattern>
to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules, or the special
.I regex
style, which causes
.I <pattern>
to be compiled according to 
.BR regex (7).
A pattern of
.I *
means any non-anonymous DN.
The third form is a SASL
.BR id ,
with the optional fields
.I <mech>
and
.I <realm>
that allow to specify a SASL
.BR mechanism ,
and eventually a SASL
.BR 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
.BR group ,
optionally followed by the specification of the group
.B objectClass
and member
.BR attributeType .
The group with DN
.B <pattern>
is searched with base scope, and in case of match, the values of the
member
.B attributeType
are searched for the asserted DN.
For backwards compatibility, if no identity type is provided, i.e. only
.B <pattern>
is present, an
.I exact DN
is assumed; as a consequence, 
.B <pattern>
is subjected to DN normalization.
Since the interpretation of
.I authzFrom
and
.I 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 
.B authz-regexp
statement (see below); significantly, the 
.I URI
and the
.I dn.exact:<dn> 
forms.
.RE
.TP
.B authz-regexp <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 
.BR USERNAME ,
.BR REALM , 
and
.B MECHANISM
are taken, when available, and combined into a name of the form
.RS
.RS
.TP
.B UID=<username>[[,CN=<realm>],CN=<mechanism>],CN=auth

.RE
This name is then compared against the
.B match
regular expression, and if the match is successful, the name is
replaced with the
.B replace
string.  If there are wildcard strings in the 
.B match
regular expression that are enclosed in parenthesis, e.g. 
.RS
.TP
.B UID=([^,]*),CN=.*

.RE
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 
.B replace
string, e.g. 
.RS
.TP
.B UID=$1,OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com 

.RE
The replaced name can be either a 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 components, e.g.
.RS
.TP
.B ldap:///OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com??one?(UID=$1)

.RE
Multiple 
.B authz-regexp 
options can be given in the configuration file to allow for multiple matching 
and replacement patterns. The matching patterns are checked in the order they 
appear in the file, stopping at the first successful match.

.\".B Caution:
.\"Because the plus sign + is a character recognized by the regular expression engine,
.\"and it will appear in names that include a REALM, be careful to escape the
.\"plus sign with a backslash \\+ to remove the character's special meaning.
.RE
.TP
.B concurrency <integer>
Specify a desired level of concurrency.  Provided to the underlying
thread system as a hint.  The default is not to provide any hint.
.TP
.B conn_max_pending <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.
.TP
.B conn_max_pending_auth <integer>
Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an authenticated session.
The default is 1000.
.\"-- NEW_LOGGING option --
.\".TP
.\".B debug <subsys> <level>
.\"Specify a logging level for a particular subsystem.  The subsystems include
.\".B global
.\"a global level for all subsystems,
.\".B acl
.\"the ACL engine,
.\".B backend
.\"the backend databases,
.\".B cache
.\"the entry cache manager,
.\".B config
.\"the config file reader,
.\".B connection
.\"the connection manager,
.\".B cyrus
.\"the Cyrus SASL library interface,
.\".B filter
.\"the search filter processor,
.\".B getdn
.\"the DN normalization library,
.\".B index
.\"the database indexer,
.\".B liblber
.\"the ASN.1 BER library,
.\".B module
.\"the dynamic module loader,
.\".B operation
.\"the LDAP operation processors,
.\".B sasl
.\"the SASL authentication subsystem,
.\".B schema
.\"the schema processor, and
.\".B tls
.\"the TLS library interface. This is not an exhaustive list; there are many
.\"other subsystems and more are added over time.
.\"
.\"The levels are, in order of decreasing priority:
.\".B emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, information, entry,
.\".B args, results, detail1, detail2
.\"An integer may be used instead, with 0 corresponding to
.\".B emergency
.\"up to 11 for
.\".BR detail2 .
.\"The
.\".B entry
.\"level logs function entry points,
.\".B args
.\"adds function call parameters, and
.\".B results
.\"adds the function results to the logs.
.\"The
.\".B detail1
.\"and
.\".B detail2
.\"levels add even more low level detail from individual functions.
.TP
.B defaultsearchbase <dn>
Specify a default search base to use when client submits a
non-base search request with an empty base DN.
.TP
.B disallow <features>
Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
disallow (default none).
.B bind_anon
disables acceptance of anonymous bind requests.
.B bind_simple
disables simple (bind) authentication.
.B bind_krbv4
disables Kerberos V4 (bind) authentication.
.B tls_2_anon
disables Start TLS from forcing session to anonymous status (see also
.BR tls_authc ).
.B tls_authc
disables StartTLS if authenticated (see also
.BR tls_2_anon ).
.HP
.hy 0
.B ditcontentrule "(\ <oid>\
 [NAME\ <name>]\
 [DESC\ <description>]\
 [OBSOLETE]\
 [AUX\ <oids>]\
 [MUST\ <oids>]\
 [MAY\ <oids>]\
 [NOT\ <oids>]\ )"
.RS
Specify an DIT Content Rule using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 2252.
The slapd parser extends the RFC 2252 definition by allowing string
forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
attribute syntax OID.
(See the
.B objectidentifier
description.) 
.RE
.TP
.B gentlehup { on | off }
A SIGHUP signal will only cause a 'gentle' shutdown-attempt:
.B 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 terminates 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
.B slapd
server
.B with another database,
without disrupting the currently active clients.
The default is off.  You may wish to use
.B idletimeout
along with this option.
.TP
.B idletimeout <integer>
Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing
an idle client connection.  A idletimeout of 0 disables this
feature.  The default is 0.
.TP
.B include <filename>
Read additional configuration information from the given file before
continuing with the next line of the current file.
.\"-- NEW_LOGGING option --
.\".TP
.\".B logfile <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.
.TP
.B localSSF <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 
.BR sasl-secprops 's
.B minssf
property description.
.TP
.B loglevel <integer> [...]
Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation 
statistics should be syslogged (currently logged to the
.BR syslogd (8) 
LOG_LOCAL4 facility).  Log levels are additive, and available levels
are:
.RS
.RS
.PD 0
.TP
.B 1
.B (trace)
trace function calls
.TP
.B 2
.B (packet)
debug packet handling
.TP
.B 4
.B (args)
heavy trace debugging
.TP
.B 8
.B (conns)
connection management
.TP
.B 16
.B (BER)
print out packets sent and received
.TP
.B 32
.B (filter)
search filter processing
.TP
.B 64
.B (config)
configuration file processing
.TP
.B 128
.B (ACL)
access control list processing
.TP
.B 256
.B (stats)
stats log connections/operations/results
.TP
.B 512
.B (stats2)
stats log entries sent
.TP
.B 1024
.B (shell)
print communication with shell backends
.TP
.B 2048
.B (parse)
entry parsing
.PD
.RE
The desired log level can be input as a single integer that combines 
the (ORed) desired levels, as a list of integers (that are ORed internally),
or as a list of the names that are shown between brackets, such that
.LP
.nf
    loglevel 129
    loglevel 128 1
    loglevel acl trace
.fi
.LP
are equivalent.
The keyword 
.B any
can be used as a shortcut to enable logging at all levels (equivalent to -1).
.RE
.TP
.B moduleload <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
.B modulepath
option. This option and the
.B modulepath
option are only usable if slapd was compiled with --enable-modules.
.TP
.B modulepath <pathspec>
Specify a list of directories to search for loadable modules. Typically
the path is colon-separated but this depends on the operating system.
.HP
.hy 0
.B objectclass "(\ <oid>\
 [NAME\ <name>]\
 [DESC\ <description]\
 [OBSOLETE]\
 [SUP\ <oids>]\
 [{ ABSTRACT | STRUCTURAL | AUXILIARY }]\
 [MUST\ <oids>] [MAY\ <oids>] )"
.RS
Specify an objectclass using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 2252.
The slapd parser extends the RFC 2252 definition by allowing string
forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the object class OID.
(See the
.B
objectidentifier
description.)  Object classes are "STRUCTURAL" by default.
.RE
.TP
.B objectidentifier <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.
.TP
.B password-hash <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
.BR {SSHA} ,
.BR {SHA} ,
.BR {SMD5} ,
.BR {MD5} ,
.BR {CRYPT} ,
and
.BR {CLEARTEXT} .
The default is
.BR {SSHA} .

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

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

.B {CRYPT}
uses the
.BR crypt (3).

.B {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.
.TP
.B password\-crypt\-salt\-format <format>
Specify the format of the salt passed to
.BR crypt (3)
when generating {CRYPT} passwords (see
.BR password\-hash )
during processing of LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).

This string needs to be in
.BR sprintf (3)
format and may include one (and only one) %s conversion.
This conversion will be substituted 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 provides
8 random characters of salt.  The default is "%s", which
provides 31 characters of salt.
.TP
.B pidfile <filename>
The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the 
.B slapd
server's process ID ( see
.BR getpid (2)
) if started without the debugging command line option.
.TP
.B referral <url>
Specify the referral to pass back when
.BR slapd (8)
cannot find a local database to handle a request.
If specified multiple times, each url is provided.
.TP
.B replica-argsfile
The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the 
.B slurpd
server's command line options
if started without the debugging command line option.
.TP
.B replica-pidfile
The ( absolute ) name of a file that will hold the 
.B slurpd
server's process ID ( see
.BR getpid (2)
) if started without the debugging command line option.
.TP
.B replicationinterval
The number of seconds 
.B slurpd 
waits before checking the replogfile for changes.
.TP
.B require <conditions>
Specify a set of conditions (separated by white space) to
require (default none).
The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database.
.B bind
requires bind operation prior to directory operations.
.B LDAPv3
requires session to be using LDAP version 3.
.B authc
requires authentication prior to directory operations.
.B SASL
requires SASL authentication prior to directory operations.
.B strong
requires strong authentication prior to directory operations.
The strong keyword allows protected "simple" authentication
as well as SASL authentication.
.B none
may be used to require no conditions (useful for clearly globally
set conditions within a particular database).
.TP
.B reverse-lookup on | off
Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup (default is 
.BR off 
if compiled with --enable-rlookups).
.TP
.B rootDSE <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.
.TP
.B sasl-host <fqdn>
Used to specify the fully qualified domain name used for SASL processing.
.TP
.B sasl-realm <realm>
Specify SASL realm.  Default is empty.
.TP
.B sasl-secprops <properties>
Used to specify Cyrus SASL security properties.
The
.B none
flag (without any other properties) causes the flag properties
default, "noanonymous,noplain", to be cleared.
The
.B noplain
flag disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.
The
.B noactive
flag disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
The
.B nodict
flag disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.
The
.B noanonymous
flag disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
The
.B forwardsec
flag require forward secrecy between sessions.
The
.B passcred
require mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allow
mechanisms which can pass credentials to do so).
The
.B minssf=<factor> 
property specifies the minimum acceptable
.I 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
.B maxssf=<factor> 
property specifies the maximum acceptable
.I security strength factor
as an integer (see minssf description).  The default is INT_MAX.
The
.B maxbufsize=<size> 
property specifies the maximum security layer receive buffer
size allowed.  0 disables security layers.  The default is 65536.
.TP
.B schemadn <dn>
Specify the distinguished name for the subschema subentry that
controls the entries on this server.  The default is "cn=Subschema".
.TP
.B security <factors>
Specify a set of factors (separated by white space) to require.
An integer value is associated with each factor and is roughly
equivalent of the encryption key length to require.  A value
of 112 is equivalent to 3DES, 128 to Blowfish, etc..
The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database.
.B ssf=<n>
specifies the overall security strength factor.
.B transport=<n>
specifies the transport security strength factor.
.B tls=<n>
specifies the TLS security strength factor.
.B sasl=<n>
specifies the SASL security strength factor.
.B update_ssf=<n>
specifies the overall security strength factor to require for
directory updates.
.B update_transport=<n>
specifies the transport security strength factor to require for
directory updates.
.B update_tls=<n>
specifies the TLS security strength factor to require for
directory updates.
.B update_sasl=<n>
specifies the SASL security strength factor to require for
directory updates.
.B simple_bind=<n>
specifies the security strength factor required for
.I simple
username/password authentication.
Note that the
.B transport
factor is measure of security provided by the underlying transport,
e.g. ldapi:// (and eventually IPSEC).  It is not normally used.
.TP
.B sizelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
.TP
.B sizelimit size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> [...]
Specify the maximum number of entries to return from a search operation.
The default size limit is 500.
Use
.B unlimited
to specify no limits.
The second format allows a fine grain setting of the size limits.
Extra args can be added on the same line.
See
.BR limits
for an explanation of the different flags.
.TP
.B sockbuf_max_incoming <integer>
Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for anonymous sessions.
The default is 262143.
.TP
.B sockbuf_max_incoming_auth <integer>
Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for authenticated sessions.
The default is 4194303.
.TP
.B srvtab <filename>
Specify the srvtab file in which the kerberos keys necessary for
authenticating clients using kerberos can be found. This option is only
meaningful if you are using Kerberos authentication.
.TP
.B threads <integer>
Specify the maximum size of the primary thread pool.
The default is 16.
.TP
.B timelimit {<integer>|unlimited}
.TP
.B timelimit time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
Specify the maximum number of seconds (in real time)
.B slapd
will spend answering a search request.  The default time limit is 3600.
Use
.B unlimited
to specify no limits.
The second format allows a fine grain setting of the time limits.
Extra args can be added on the same line.
See
.BR limits
for an explanation of the different flags.
.TP
.B ucdata-path <path>
Specify the path to the directory containing the Unicode character
tables. The default path is DATADIR/ucdata.
.SH TLS OPTIONS
If
.B slapd
is built with support for Transport Layer Security, there are more options
you can specify.
.TP
.B TLSCipherSuite <cipher-suite-spec>
Permits configuring what ciphers will be accepted and the preference order.
<cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specification for OpenSSL.  Example:

TLSCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2

To check what ciphers a given spec selects, use:

openssl ciphers -v <cipher-suite-spec>
.TP
.B TLSCACertificateFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of the Certificate
Authorities that
.B slapd
will recognize.
.TP
.B TLSCACertificatePath <path>
Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
certificates in separate individual files. Usually only one of this
or the TLSCACertificateFile is used.
.TP
.B TLSCertificateFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains the
.B slapd
server certificate.
.TP
.B TLSCertificateKeyFile <filename>
Specifies the file that contains the
.B slapd
server private key that matches the certificate stored in the
.B TLSCertificateFile
file.  Currently, the private key must not be protected with a password, so
it is of critical importance that it is protected carefully. 
.TP
.B TLSRandFile <filename>
Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]random
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.
.TP
.B TLSVerifyClient <level>
Specifies what checks to perform on client certificates in an
incoming TLS session, if any.
The
.B <level>
can be specified as one of the following keywords:
.RS
.TP
.B never
This is the default.
.B slapd
will not ask the client for a certificate.
.TP
.B 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 session proceeds normally.
.TP
.B 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 terminated.
.TP
.B demand | hard | true
These keywords are all equivalent, for compatibility reasons.
The client certificate is requested.  If no certificate 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
.B TLSVerifyClient
setting must be chosen to enable SASL EXTERNAL authentication.
.RE
.SH GENERAL BACKEND OPTIONS
Options in this section only apply to the configuration file section
for the specified backend.  They are supported by every
type of backend.
.TP
.B backend <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a backend definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.BR bdb ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
.BR passwd ,
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.BR tcl ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.

.SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
Options in this section only apply to the configuration file section
for the database in which they are defined.  They are supported by every
type of backend.  Note that the
.B database
and at least one
.B suffix
option are mandatory for each database.
.TP
.B database <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a new database instance definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.BR bdb ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
.BR passwd ,
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.BR tcl ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.
.TP
.B lastmod on | off
Controls whether
.B slapd
will automatically maintain the 
modifiersName, modifyTimestamp, creatorsName, and 
createTimestamp attributes for entries.  By default, lastmod is on.
.TP
.B limits <who> <limit> [<limit> [...]]
Specify time and size limits based on who initiated an operation.
The argument
.B who
can be any of
.RS
.RS
.TP
anonymous | users | [dn[.<style>]=]<pattern> | group[/oc[/at]]=<pattern>

.RE
with
.RS
.TP
<style> ::= exact | base | onelevel | subtree | children | regex | anonymous

.RE
The term
.B anonymous
matches all unauthenticated clients.
The term
.B users
matches all authenticated clients;
otherwise an
.B exact
dn pattern is assumed unless otherwise specified by qualifying 
the (optional) key string
.B dn
with 
.B exact
or
.B base
(which are synonyms), to require an exact match; with
.BR onelevel , 
to require exactly one level of depth match; with
.BR subtree ,
to allow any level of depth match, including the exact match; with
.BR children ,
to allow any level of depth match, not including the exact match;
.BR regex
explicitly requires the (default) match based on regular expression
pattern, as detailed in
.BR regex (7).
Finally,
.B anonymous
matches unbound operations; the 
.B pattern
field is ignored.
The same behavior is obtained by using the 
.B anonymous
form of the
.B who
clause.
The term
.BR group ,
with the optional objectClass
.B oc
and attributeType
.B at
fields, followed by
.BR pattern ,
sets the limits for any DN listed in the values of the
.B at
attribute (default
.BR member )
of the 
.B oc
group objectClass (default
.BR groupOfNames )
whose DN exactly matches
.BR pattern .

The currently supported limits are 
.B size
and 
.BR time .

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

The syntax for size limits is
.BR size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> ,
where
.I 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
.BR soft
limit is used; if the requested size limit exceeds the
.BR hard
.\"limit, an 
.\".I "Administrative limit exceeded"
.\"error is returned.
limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
If the 
.BR hard
limit is set to the keyword 
.IR soft , 
the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the keyword
.IR unlimited , 
no hard limit is enforced.
Explicit requests for size limits smaller or equal to the
.BR hard
limit are honored.
The
.BR 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 indicized
attributes may result in large sets of candidates, which must be 
examined by
.BR slapd (8)
to determine whether they match the search filter or not.
The
.B unckeched
limit provides a means to drop such operations before they are even 
started.
If the selected candidates exceed the 
.BR unchecked
limit, the search will abort with 
.IR "Unwilling to perform" .
If it is set to the keyword 
.IR unlimited , 
no limit is applied (the default).
If it is set to
.IR 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
.BR soft 
limit, and the
.BR hard
limit is set to
.IR soft ,
to preserve the original behavior.

In case of no match, the global limits are used.
The default values are the same of
.B sizelimit
and
.BR timelimit ;
no limit is set on 
.BR unchecked .

If 
.B pagedResults
control is requested, the 
.B 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
.BR size.pr={<integer>|noEstimate|unlimited} ,
where
.I integer
is the max page size if no explicit limit is set; the keyword
.I 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
.I unlimited
indicates that no limit is applied to the pagedResults control page size.
The syntax
.B 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 
.B hard
limit.
When set, 
.I integer
is the max number of entries that the whole search with pagedResults control
can return.
Use 
.I 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
.I 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 
.B hard 
size limit of regular searches unless extended by the
.B prtotal
switch.
.RE
.TP
.B maxderefdepth <depth>
Specifies the maximum number of aliases to dereference when trying to
resolve an entry, used to avoid infinite alias loops. The default is 1.
.TP
.B overlay <overlay-name>
Add the specified overlay to this database. 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.
.TP
.B readonly on | off
This option puts the database into "read-only" mode.  Any attempts to 
modify the database will return an "unwilling to perform" error.  By
default, readonly is off.
.HP
.hy 0
.B replica uri=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]|host=<hostname>[:port] 
.B [starttls=yes|critical]
.B [suffix=<suffix> [...]]
.B bindmethod=simple|sasl [binddn=<simple DN>] [credentials=<simple password>]
.B [saslmech=<SASL mech>] [secprops=<properties>] [realm=<realm>]
.B [authcId=<authentication ID>] [authzId=<authorization ID>]
.B [attr[!]=<attr list>]
.RS
Specify a replication site for this database.  Refer to the "OpenLDAP 
Administrator's Guide" for detailed information on setting up a replicated
.B slapd
directory service. Zero or more
.B suffix
instances can be used to select the subtrees that will be replicated
(defaults to all the database). 
.B host
is deprecated in favor of the
.B uri
option.
.B uri
allows the replica LDAP server to be specified as an LDAP URI. 
A
.B bindmethod
of
.B simple
requires the options
.B binddn 
and
.B credentials  
and should only be used when adequate security services 
(e.g TLS or IPSEC) are in place. A
.B bindmethod 
of
.B sasl 
requires the option
.B saslmech. 
Specific security properties (as with the
.B sasl-secprops
keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
.B secprops
option. A non-default SASL realm can be set with the
.B realm
option.
If the 
.B mechanism
will use Kerberos, a kerberos instance should be given in 
.B authcId.
An
.B attr list
can be given after the 
.B attr
keyword to allow the selective replication of the listed attributes only;
if the optional 
.B !
mark is used, the list is considered exclusive, i.e. the listed attributes
are not replicated.
If an objectClass is listed, all the related attributes
are (are not) replicated.
.RE
.TP
.B replogfile <filename>
Specify the name of the replication log file to log changes to.  
The replication log is typically written by
.BR slapd (8)
and read by
.BR slurpd (8).
See
.BR slapd.replog (5)
for more information.  The specified file should be located
in a directory with limited read/write/execute access as the replication
logs may contain sensitive information.
.TP
.B restrict <oplist>
Specify a whitespace separated list of operations that are restricted.
If defined inside a database specification, restrictions apply only
to that database, otherwise they are global.
Operations can be any of 
.BR add ,
.BR bind ,
.BR compare ,
.BR delete ,
.BR extended[=<OID>] ,
.BR modify ,
.BR rename ,
.BR search ,
or the special pseudo-operations
.B read
and
.BR write ,
which respectively summarize read and write operations.
The use of 
.I restrict write
is equivalent to 
.I readonly on
(see above).
The 
.B extended
keyword allows to indicate the OID of the specific operation
to be restricted.
.TP
.B rootdn <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
.B rootpw
directive.
.TP
.B rootpw <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 
.B password-hash
description) as well as cleartext.
.BR slappasswd (8) 
may be used to generate a hash of a password.  Cleartext
and \fB{CRYPT}\fP 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.
.TP
.B suffix <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.
.TP
.B subordinate
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.
.HP
.hy 0
.B syncrepl rid=<replica ID>
.B provider=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]
.B [type=refreshOnly|refreshAndPersist]
.B [interval=dd:hh:mm:ss]
.B [searchbase=<base DN>]
.B [filter=<filter str>]
.B [scope=sub|one|base]
.B [attrs=<attr list>]
.B [attrsonly]
.B [sizelimit=<limit>]
.B [timelimit=<limit>]
.B [schemachecking=on|off]
.B [updatedn=<dn>]
.B [bindmethod=simple|sasl]
.B [binddn=<dn>]
.B [saslmech=<mech>]
.B [authcid=<identity>]
.B [authzid=<identity>]
.B [credentials=<passwd>]
.B [realm=<realm>]
.B [secprops=<properties>]
.RS
Specify the current database as a replica which is kept up-to-date with the 
master content by establishing the current
.BR slapd (8)
as a replication consumer site running a
.B 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
.B slapd
directory service using the 
.B syncrepl
replication engine.
.B rid
identifies the current
.B syncrepl
directive within the replication consumer site.
It is a non-negative integer having no more than three digits.
.B 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
.B syncrepl
replica is defined using a search
specification as its result set. The consumer
.B slapd
will send search requests to the provider
.B slapd
according to the search specification. The search specification includes
.B searchbase, scope, filter, attrs, attrsonly, sizelimit,
and
.B timelimit
parameters as in the normal search specification.
The search specification for the LDAP Content Synchronization operation
has the same value syntax and the same default values as in the
.BR ldapsearch (1)
client search tool.
The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two operation types.
In the
.B refreshOnly
operation, the next synchronization search operation
is periodically rescheduled at an interval time (specified by 
.B interval
parameter; 1 day by default)
after each synchronization operation finishes.
In the
.B refreshAndPersist
operation, a synchronization search remains persistent in the provider slapd.
Further updates to the master replica will generate
.B searchResultEntry
to the consumer slapd as the search responses to the persistent
synchronization search. If the connection is lost, the consumer will
attempt to reconnect at an interval time (specified by
.B interval
parameter; 60 seconds by default) until the session is re-established.
The schema checking can be enforced at the LDAP Sync
consumer site by turning on the
.B schemachecking
parameter. The default is off.
The
.B updatedn
parameter specifies the DN in the consumer site
which is allowed to make changes to the replica.
The DN should have read/write access to the replica database.
Generally, this DN
.I should not
be the same as the
.B rootdn
of the master database.
A
.B bindmethod
of 
.B simple
requires the options 
.B binddn
and 
.B credentials
and should only be used when adequate security services
(e.g. TLS or IPSEC) are in place.
A
.B bindmethod
of
.B sasl
requires the option
.B saslmech.
Depending on the mechanism, an authentication identity and/or
credentials can be specified using
.B authcid
and
.B credentials.
The
.B authzid
parameter may be used to specify an authorization identity.
Specific security properties (as with the
.B sasl-secprops
keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
.B secprops
option. A non default SASL realm can be set with the
.B realm 
option.
.RE
.TP
.B updatedn <dn>
This option is only applicable in a slave
database updated using
.BR slurpd(8). 
It specifies the DN permitted to update (subject to access controls)
the replica (typically, this is the DN
.BR slurpd (8)
binds to update the replica).  Generally, this DN
.I should not
be the same as the
.B rootdn 
used at the master.
.TP
.B updateref <url>
Specify the referral to pass back when
.BR slapd (8)
is asked to modify a replicated local database.
If specified multiple times, each url is provided.

.SH DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Each database may allow specific configuration options; they are
documented separately in the backends' manual pages.
.SH BACKENDS
The following backends can be compiled into slapd.
They are documented in the
.BR slapd-<backend> (5)
manual pages.
.TP
.B bdb
This is the recommended backend for a normal slapd database.
However, it takes more care than with the LDBM backend to configure
it properly.
It uses the Sleepycat Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
.TP
.B ldbm
This is the database backend which is easiest to configure.
However, it does not offer the data durability features of the BDB
backend.
It uses Berkeley DB or GDBM to store data.
.TP
.B dnssrv
This backend is experimental.
It serves up referrals based upon SRV resource records held in the
Domain Name System.
.TP
.B ldap
This backend acts as a proxy to forward incoming requests to another
LDAP server.
.TP
.B meta
This backend performs basic LDAP proxying with respect to a set of
remote LDAP servers. It is an enhancement of the ldap backend. The
proxy cache extension of meta backend provides answering of search
requests from the proxy using results of previously cached requests.
.TP
.B monitor
This backend provides information about the running status of the slapd
daemon.
.TP
.B null
Operations in this backend succeed but do nothing.
.TP
.B passwd
This backend is provided for demonstration purposes only.
It serves up user account information from the system
.BR passwd (5)
file.
.TP
.B perl
This backend embeds a
.BR perl (1)
interpreter into slapd.
It runs Perl subroutines to implement LDAP operations.
.TP
.B relay
This backend redirects LDAP operations to another database
in the same server, based on the naming context of the request.
Its use requires the 
.B rwm
overlay (see
.BR slapo-rwm (5)
for details) to rewrite the naming context of the request.
It is is primarily intended to implement virtual views on databases
that actually store data.
.TP
.B shell
This backend executes external programs to implement LDAP operations.
It is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.
.TP
.B sql
This backend is experimental.
It services LDAP requests from an SQL database.
.TP
.B tcl
This backend is experimental.
It embeds a
.BR Tcl (3tcl)
interpreter into slapd.
It runs Tcl commands to implement LDAP operations.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
Here is a short example of a configuration file:
.LP
.RS
.nf
include   SYSCONFDIR/schema/core.schema
pidfile   LOCALSTATEDIR/slapd.pid

# Subtypes of "name" (e.g. "cn" and "ou") with the
# option ";x-hidden" can be searched for/compared,
# but are not shown.  See \fBslapd.access\fP(5).
attributeoptions x-hidden lang-
access to attr=name;x-hidden by * =cs

database  bdb
suffix    "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.
directory LOCALSTATEDIR/openldap-data
# Indices to maintain
index     objectClass  eq
index     cn,sn,mail   pres,eq,approx,sub

# We serve small clients that do not handle referrals,
# so handle remote lookups on their behalf.
database  ldap
suffix    ""
uri       ldap://ldap.some-server.com/
lastmod   off
.fi
.RE
.LP
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" contains a longer annotated
example of a configuration file.
The original ETCDIR/slapd.conf is another example.
.SH FILES
.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
default slapd configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap (3),
.BR slapd\-bdb (5),
.BR slapd\-dnssrv (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapd\-ldbm (5),
.BR slapd\-meta (5),
.BR slapd\-monitor (5),
.BR slapd\-null (5),
.BR slapd\-passwd (5),
.BR slapd\-perl (5),
.BR slapd\-relay (5),
.BR slapd\-shell (5),
.BR slapd\-sql (5),
.BR slapd\-tcl (5),
.BR slapd.access (5),
.BR slapd.plugin (5),
.BR slapd.replog (5),
.BR slapd (8),
.BR slapacl (8),
.BR slapadd (8),
.BR slapauth (8),
.BR slapcat (8),
.BR slapdn (8),
.BR slapindex (8),
.BR slappasswd (8),
.BR slaptest (8),
.BR slurpd (8).

Known overlays are documented in
.BR slapo\-lastmod (5),
.BR slapo\-pcache (5),
.BR slapo\-ppolicy (5),
.BR slapo\-refint (5),
.BR slapo\-rwm (5),
.BR slapo\-unique (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.