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.TH SLAPO-UNIQUE 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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.\" Copyright 2004-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
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.\" $OpenLDAP$
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.SH NAME
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slapo-unique \- Attribute Uniqueness overlay
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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ETCDIR/slapd.conf
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The Attribute Uniqueness overlay can be used with a backend database such as
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.BR slapd-bdb (5)
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to enforce the uniqueness of some or all attributes within a subtree. This
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subtree defaults to the base DN of the database for which the Uniqueness
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overlay is configured.
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.LP
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Uniqueness is enforced by searching the subtree to ensure that the values of
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all attributes presented with an
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.BR add ,
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.B modify
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or
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.B modrdn
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operation are unique within the subtree.
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For example, if uniqueness were enforced for the
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.B uid
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attribute, the subtree would be searched for any other records which also
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have a
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.B uid
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attribute containing the same value. If any are found, the request is
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rejected.
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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These
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.B slapd.conf
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options apply to the Attribute Uniqueness overlay.
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They should appear after the
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.B overlay
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directive.
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.TP
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.B unique_base <basedn>
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Configure the subtree against which uniqueness searches will be invoked.
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The
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.B basedn
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defaults to the base DN of the database for which uniqueness is configured.
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.TP
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.B unique_ignore <attribute...>
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Configure one or more attributes for which uniqueness will not be enforced.
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If not configured, all non-operational (eg, system) attributes must be
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unique. Note that the
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.B unique_ignore
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list should generally contain the
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.BR objectClass ,
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.BR dc ,
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.B ou
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and
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.B o
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attributes, as these will generally not be unique, nor are they operational
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attributes.
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.TP
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.B unique_attributes <attribute...>
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Specify one or more attributes for which uniqueness will be enforced.
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If not specified, all attributes which are not operational (eg, system
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attributes such as
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.B entryUUID )
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or specified via the
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.B unique_ignore
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directive above must be unique within the subtree.
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.TP
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.B unique_strict
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By default, uniqueness is not enforced for null values. Enabling
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.B unique_strict
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mode extends the concept of uniqueness to include null values, such that
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only one attribute within a subtree will be allowed to have a null value.
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.SH CAVEATS
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.LP
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The search key is generated with attributes that are non-operational, not
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on the
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.B unique_ignore
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list, and included in the
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.B unique_attributes
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list, in that order. This makes it possible to create interesting and
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unusable configurations. Usually only one of
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.B unique_ignore
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or
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.B unique_attributes
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should be configured; use
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.B unique_ignore
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if the majority of attributes should be unique, and use
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.B unique_attributes
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if only a small set of attributes should be unique.
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.LP
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Typical attributes for the
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.B unique_ignore
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directive are intentionally not hardcoded into the overlay to allow for
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maximum flexibility in meeting site-specific requirements.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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ETCDIR/slapd.conf
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default slapd configuration file
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR slapd.conf (5).
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