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SLAPD.CONF(5)		      File Formats Manual		 SLAPD.CONF(5)

NAME
       slapd.conf - configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION
       The  file /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf contains configuration in-
       formation for the slapd(8) daemon.  This	 configuration	file  is  also
       used  by	 the  SLAPD  tools  slapacl(8),	slapadd(8), slapauth(8), slap-
       cat(8), slapdn(8), slapindex(8),	and slaptest(8).

       The slapd.conf file consists of a series	of  global  configuration  op-
       tions that apply	to slapd as a whole (including all backends), followed
       by zero or more database	backend	definitions that  contain  information
       specific	to a backend instance.	The configuration options are case-in-
       sensitive; their	value, on a case by case basis,	may be case-sensitive.

       The general format of slapd.conf	is as follows:

	   # 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
	   ...

       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 slapd.conf	file is	used).

       If a line begins	with white space, it is	considered a  continuation  of
       the previous line.  No physical line should be over 2000	bytes long.

       Blank  lines  and  comment lines	beginning with a `#' character are ig-
       nored.  Note: continuation lines	are unwrapped before comment  process-
       ing is applied.

       Arguments  on  configuration  lines are separated by white space. If an
       argument	contains white space, the argument should be enclosed in  dou-
       ble  quotes.   If  an argument contains a double	quote (`"') or a back-
       slash character (`\'), the character should be preceded by a  backslash
       character.

       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
       slapd-<backend>(5) manual pages.	 Refer to  the	"OpenLDAP  Administra-
       tor's Guide" for	more details on	the slapd configuration	file.

GLOBAL CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       Options described in this section apply to all backends,	unless specif-
       ically overridden in a backend definition. Arguments that should	be re-
       placed by actual	text are shown in brackets <>.

       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>).	If no access controls are present, the
	      default policy allows anyone and everyone	to read	 anything  but
	      restricts	 updates  to rootdn.  (e.g., "access to	* by * read").
	      The rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING!	See  slapd.ac-
	      cess(5) and the "OpenLDAP's Administrator's Guide" for details.

       allow <features>
	      Specify  a  set  of features (separated by white space) to allow
	      (default none).  bind_v2 allows acceptance of  LDAPv2  bind  re-
	      quests.  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) up-
	      date operations to be processed (subject to access controls  and
	      other administrative limits).  proxy_authz_anon allows unauthen-
	      ticated (anonymous) proxy	authorization control to be  processed
	      (subject to access controls, authorization and other administra-
	      tive limits).

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

       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 attributeoptions
	      directive, `lang-' will no longer	be defined and you must	 spec-
	      ify 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.

       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>] )
	      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
	      objectidentifier description.)

       authid-rewrite<cmd> <args>
	      Used  by	the  authentication  framework	to convert simple user
	      names to an  LDAP	 DN  used  for	authorization  purposes.   Its
	      purpose  is  analogous to	that of	authz-regexp (see below).  The
	      prefix authid- is	followed by a set of rules analogous to	 those
	      described	 in  slapo-rwm(5) for data rewriting (replace the rwm-
	      prefix  with  authid-).	authid-rewrite<cmd>  and  authz-regexp
	      rules should not be intermixed.

       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 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
	      modify  it.   The	 value	of  authzFrom and authzTo describes an
	      identity 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
	      <pattern>	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
	      provided,	 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
	      authz-regexp  statement  (see  below);  significantly,  the URI,
	      provided it results in exactly one entry,	and the	 dn.exact:_dn_
	      forms.

       authz-regexp <match> <replace>
	      Used  by	the  authentication  framework	to convert simple user
	      names, such as provided by SASL  subsystem,  or  extracted  from
	      certificates  in	case  of cert-based SASL EXTERNAL, or provided
	      within the RFC 4370 "proxied authorization" control, to an  LDAP
	      DN  used for authorization purposes.  Note that the resulting 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
	      successful,  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
	      components, 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
	      subject.

	      Multiple	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.

       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.

       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.

       conn_max_pending_auth <integer>
	      Specify	the   maximum	number	of  pending  requests  for  an
	      authenticated session.  The default is 1000.

       defaultsearchbase <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.

       disallow	<features>
	      Specify a	set of features	(separated by white space) 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)  authentication.	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).
	      proxy_authz_non_critical	disables  acceptance  of  the  proxied
	      authorization  control  (RFC4370)	 when  criticality  is	FALSE.
	      dontusecopy_non_critical disables	acceptance of the  dontUseCopy
	      control (a work in progress) when	criticality is FALSE.

       ditcontentrule  ( <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
	      objectidentifier description.)

       gentlehup { on |	off }
	      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
	      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 slapd server with another database,	without	disrupting the
	      currently	active clients.	 The default is	off.  You may wish  to
	      use idletimeout along with this option.

       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.  You  may	 also  want to set the
	      writetimeout option.

       include <filename>
	      Read additional configuration information	from  the  given  file
	      before continuing	with the next line of the current file.

       index_intlen <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.

       index_substr_if_minlen <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.

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

       index_substr_any_len <integer>
	      Specify  the  length used	for subany indices. An attribute value
	      must  have  at  least  this  many	 characters  in	 order	to  be
	      processed.  Attribute  values  longer  than  this	length will be
	      processed	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
	      index_substr_if_maxlen value.

       index_substr_any_step <integer>
	      Specify  the steps used in subany	index lookups. This value sets
	      the offset  for  the  segments  of  a  filter  string  that  are
	      processed	 for  a	 subany	 index	lookup.	 The default is	2. For
	      example, with the	default	values,	a  search  using  this	filter
	      "cn=*abcdefgh*" 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).

       ldapsyntax ( <oid> [DESC	<description>] [X-SUBST	<substitute-syntax>] )

	      Specify  an  LDAP	 syntax	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
	      syntax OID.  (See	the objectidentifier description.)  The	 slapd
	      parser  also  honors the X-SUBST extension (an OpenLDAP-specific
	      extension), which	allows one to use the ldapsyntax statement  to
	      define  a	 non-implemented syntax	along with another syntax, the
	      extension	value substitute-syntax, as its	temporary replacement.
	      The  substitute-syntax  must  be	defined.   This	 allows	one to
	      define attribute types that make use of non-implemented syntaxes
	      using  the  correct  syntax  OID.	  Unless X-SUBST is used, this
	      configuration statement would  result  in	 an  error,  since  no
	      handlers would be	associated to the resulting syntax structure.

       listener-threads	<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.

       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 sasl-secprops's minssf	option
	      description.  The	default	is 71.

       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.

       loglevel	<integer> [...]
	      Specify  the  level  at which debugging statements and operation
	      statistics  should  be  syslogged	 (currently  logged   to   the
	      syslogd(8)   LOG_LOCAL4  facility).   They  must	be  considered
	      subsystems 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)   connections,   LDAP  operations,
			    results (recommended)
		     512    (0x200 stats2) stats log entries sent
		     1024   (0x400  shell)  print  communication  with	 shell
			    backends
		     2048   (0x800 parse) entry	parsing

		     16384  (0x4000 sync) LDAPSync replication
		     32768  (0x8000   none)  only  messages  that  get	logged
			    whatever log level is set
	      The desired log level can	be input  as  a	 single	 integer  that
	      combines	the  (ORed)  desired  levels,  both  in	 decimal or in
	      hexadecimal notation, as a  list	of  integers  (that  are  ORed
	      internally),  or	as  a list of the names	that are shown between
	      parentheses, such	that

		  loglevel 129
		  loglevel 0x81
		  loglevel 128 1
		  loglevel 0x80	0x1
		  loglevel 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 loglevel
	      to be logged.  In	fact, if loglevel is  set  to  0,  no  logging
	      occurs,  so  at  least  the  none	level is required to have high
	      priority messages	logged.

	      The loglevel defaults to stats.  This level should usually  also
	      be  included  when  using	 other	loglevels, to help analyze the
	      logs.

       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 modulepath option. This option and the modulepath option are
	      only usable if slapd was compiled	with --enable-modules.

       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.	 The default  is  /usr/local/libexec/openldap,
	      which  is	 where	the  standard  OpenLDAP	install	will place its
	      modules.

       objectclass  ( <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  objectidentifier	 description.)
	      Object classes are "STRUCTURAL" by default.

       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.

       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	{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.

       password-crypt-salt-format <format>
	      Specify  the  format  of	the  salt  passed  to  crypt(3)	  when
	      generating   {CRYPT}   passwords	 (see	password-hash)	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
	      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.

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

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

       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; 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.

       reverse-lookup on | off
	      Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup (default is
	      off if compiled with --enable-rlookups).

       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.

	      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.

       sasl-auxprops <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.

       sasl-host <fqdn>
	      Used to specify the fully	qualified domain name  used  for  SASL
	      processing.

       sasl-realm <realm>
	      Specify SASL realm.  Default is empty.

       sasl-secprops <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
	      dictionary  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	factor 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.

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

       security	<factors>
	      Specify a	set of security	strength factors (separated  by	 white
	      space)  to  require  (see	 sasl-secprops'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.

       serverID	<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
	      hexadecimal ID by	prefixing the value with "0x".	 Non-zero  IDs
	      are  required  when  using  multi-provider  replication and each
	      provider	must  have  a  unique  non-zero	 ID.  Note  that  this
	      requirement also applies to separate providers 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, which is only
	      valid for	single provider	replication.  Example:

	    serverID 1

       sizelimit {<integer>|unlimited}

       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 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 limits	for an explanation of the different flags.

       sockbuf_max_incoming <integer>
	      Specify  the  maximum  incoming  LDAP  PDU  size	for  anonymous
	      sessions.	 The default is	262143.

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

       sortvals	<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.

       tcp-buffer [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.

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

       timelimit {<integer>|unlimited}

       timelimit 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 on the same line.  See limits for an explanation	of the
	      different	flags.

       tool-threads <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.

       writetimeout <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 writetimeout 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.

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

		     OpenSSL:
			    TLSCipherSuite 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[]

       TLSCACertificateFile <filename>
	      Specifies	the file that contains certificates  for  all  of  the
	      Certificate   Authorities	  that	 slapd	will  recognize.   The
	      certificate for the CA that signed the server  certificate  must
	      be  included among these certificates. If	the signing CA was not
	      a	top-level (root) CA, certificates for the entire  sequence  of
	      CA's  from the signing CA	to the top-level CA should be present.
	      Multiple certificates are	simply appended	to the file; the order
	      is not significant.

       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. 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
	      database and will	ignore the CA cert files.

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

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

       TLSCertificateKeyFile <filename>
	      Specifies	the file that contains the slapd  server  private  key
	      that  matches  the  certificate stored in	the TLSCertificateFile
	      file.  Currently,	the private key	must not be protected  with  a
	      password,	 so  it	is of critical importance that it is protected
	      carefully.

	      When using Mozilla NSS, TLSCertificateKeyFile specifies the name
	      of  a  file  that	 contains  the	password  for  the key for the
	      certificate  specified  with  TLSCertificateFile.	  The  modutil
	      command  can  be	used  to  turn off password protection for the
	      cert/key	database.   For	  example,   if	  TLSCACertificatePath
	      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.

       TLSDHParamFile <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,  or  an  RSA
	      certificate missing the "key encipherment" key usage.  Note that
	      setting this option may also enable Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key
	      exchanges	 in  certain non-default cipher	suites.	 Anonymous key
	      exchanges	should generally be  avoided  since  they  provide  no
	      actual client or server authentication and provide no protection
	      against man-in-the-middle	attacks.  You should append "!ADH"  to
	      your  cipher  suites  to	ensure that these suites are not used.
	      When using Mozilla NSS these  parameters	are  always  generated
	      randomly so this directive is ignored.

       TLSECName <name>
	      Specify  the  name  of  the  curve(s)  to	use for	Elliptic curve
	      Diffie-Hellman ephemeral key exchange.  This option is only used
	      for  OpenSSL.   This  option is not used with GnuTLS; the	curves
	      may be chosen in	the  GnuTLS  ciphersuite  specification.  This
	      option is	also ignored for Mozilla NSS.

       TLSProtocolMin <major>[.<minor>]
	      Specifies	  minimum   SSL/TLS  protocol  version	that  will  be
	      negotiated.   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.,

		   TLSProtocolMin 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
	      directive	is ignored with	GnuTLS.

       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.  This directive is ignored
	      with GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.

       TLSVerifyClient <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
		     session 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
		     terminated.

	      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 TLSVerifyClient
		     setting  must  be	chosen	 to   enable   SASL   EXTERNAL
		     authentication.

       TLSCRLCheck <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 TLSCACertificatePath parameter to be
	      set. This	directive 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

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

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.

       backend <databasetype>
	      Mark  the	 beginning  of	a  backend  definition.	<databasetype>
	      should be	one of bdb, config,  dnssrv,  hdb,  ldap,  ldif,  mdb,
	      meta,  monitor,  null,  passwd,  perl,  relay,  shell,  or  sql,
	      depending	on which backend will serve the	database.

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 database and at least one	suffix
       option are mandatory for	each database.

       database	<databasetype>
	      Mark  the	 beginning  of	a  new	database  instance definition.
	      <databasetype> should be one of bdb, config, dnssrv, hdb,	 ldap,
	      ldif,  mdb,  meta, monitor, null,	passwd,	perl, relay, shell, or
	      sql, depending on	which backend will serve the database.

	      LDAP operations, even subtree searches, normally access only one
	      database.	 That can be changed by	gluing databases together with
	      the subordinate keyword.	Access controls	and some overlays  can
	      also involve multiple databases.

       add_content_acl on | off
	      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.

       extra_attrs <attrlist>
	      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.  <attrlist> is a list	of attributes that are
	      needed  for  internal  purposes  and  thus  always  need	to  be
	      collected, even when not explicitly requested by clients.

       hidden on | off
	      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, hidden is off.

       lastmod on | off
	      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, lastmod is	on.

       limits <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 disabled, 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 sizelimit and timelimit; 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 one to	set  a
	      limit  on	 the  total  number  of	 entries that the pagedResults
	      control will 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.

	      The  limits  statement  is  typically  used  to let an unlimited
	      number of	entries	be returned by	searches  performed  with  the
	      identity	used  by  the consumer for synchronization purposes by
	      means of the RFC 4533 LDAP Content Synchronization protocol (see
	      syncrepl for details).

       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 15.

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

       monitoring on | off
	      This option enables database-specific monitoring	in  the	 entry
	      related to the current database in the "cn=Databases,cn=Monitor"
	      subtree of the monitor database,	if  the	 monitor  database  is
	      enabled.	 Currently, only the BDB and the HDB databases provide
	      database-specific	 monitoring.   The  default  depends  on   the
	      backend type.

       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. See	the  slapd.overlays(5)	manual
	      page  for	 an overview of	the available overlays.	 Note that all
	      of the database's	regular	settings should	be  configured	before
	      any overlay settings.

       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.

       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	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
	      readonly on (see above).	The extended  keyword  allows  one  to
	      indicate the OID of the specific operation to be restricted.

       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   rootpw   directive.	  Many	optional  features,  including
	      syncrepl,	require	the rootdn to be defined for the database.

       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
	      password-hash 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.

       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.  You may also	want to	 glue  such  databases
	      together with the	subordinate keyword.

       subordinate [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 backend.	Its position on	the backend 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.
		   database bdb
		   suffix dc=example,dc=com
		   ...
		   overlay glue
		   overlay syncprov

       sync_use_subentry
	      Store the	syncrepl contextCSN  in	 a  subentry  instead  of  the
	      context  entry  of  the  database.  The  subentry's  RDN will be
	      "cn=ldapsync". By	 default  the  contextCSN  is  stored  in  the
	      context entry.

       syncrepl	   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_reqsan=never|allow|try|demand] [tls_cipher_suite=<ciphers>]
	      [tls_ecname=<names>]		  [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	consumer which is kept	up-to-
	      date  with  the  provider	 content  by  establishing the current
	      slapd(8) as a  replication  consumer  site  running  a  syncrepl
	      replication  engine.   The consumer content is kept synchronized
	      to the provider 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  not
	      greater than 999 (limited	to three decimal digits).

	      provider	specifies the replication provider site	containing the
	      provider 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 consumer 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	 scope
	      defaults	to  sub, the filter defaults to	(objectclass=*), while
	      there is no default searchbase. The attrs	list defaults to "*,+"
	      to  return all user and operational attributes, and attrsonly is
	      unset by default.	  The  sizelimit  and  timelimit  only	accept
	      "unlimited"   and	  positive   integers,	and  both  default  to
	      "unlimited".  The	sizelimit and timelimit	 parameters  define  a
	      consumer	requested limitation on	the number of entries that can
	      be returned by the LDAP Content  Synchronization	operation;  as
	      such,  it	 is intended to	implement partial replication based on
	      the size of the replicated database and on the time required  by
	      the  synchronization.   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.    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 provider	will  generate
	      searchResultEntry	 to the	consumer slapd as the search responses
	      to the persistent	synchronization	search.	 If the	initial	search
	      fails due	to an error, the next synchronization search operation
	      is periodically rescheduled at an	interval  time	(specified  by
	      interval parameter; 1 day	by default)

	      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.  If no retry was
	      specified, by default syncrepl retries every hour	forever.

	      The schema checking can be enforced at the  LDAP	Sync  consumer
	      site  by turning on the schemachecking parameter.	The default is
	      off.  Schema checking on means that replicated entries must have
	      a	 structural objectClass, must obey to objectClass requirements
	      in  terms	 of  required/allowed  attributes,  and	 that	naming
	      attributes  and  distinguished  values  must  be	present.  As a
	      consequence,  schema  checking  should  be  off	when   partial
	      replication is used.

	      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.   REMEMBER:	simple
	      bind  credentials	 must  be  in cleartext!  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 identity  used  for
	      synchronization  by the consumer should be allowed to receive an
	      unlimited	number of entries in response  to  a  search  request.
	      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.	 This  can  be
	      accomplished   by	  either   allowing  unlimited	sizelimit  and
	      timelimit, or by setting an appropriate limits statement in  the
	      consumer's configuration (see sizelimit and limits for details).

	      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", the tls_reqsan seting defaults to "allow", 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.

       updatedn	<dn>
	      This  option  is	only  applicable  in  a	 replica 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 provider.

       updateref <url>
	      Specify  the  referral  to  pass	back when slapd(8) is asked to
	      modify a	replicated  local  database.   If  specified  multiple
	      times, 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.

EXAMPLES
       Here is a short example of a configuration file:

	      include	/usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
	      pidfile	/var/db/run/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	slapd.access(5).
	      attributeoptions x-hidden	lang-
	      access to	attrs=name;x-hidden by * =cs

	      #	Protect	passwords.  See	slapd.access(5).
	      access	to attrs=userPassword  by * auth
	      #	Read access to other attributes	and entries.
	      access	to *  by * read

	      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	/var/db/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

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide"	contains a longer annotated example of
       a configuration file.  The original  /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
       is another example.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
	      default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3),	     gnutls-cli(1),	 slapd-config(5),     slapd.access(5),
       slapd.backends(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 the
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.4.57			  2021/01/18			 SLAPD.CONF(5)

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