slapd-ldif(5)

SLAPD-LDIF(5)             FILE FORMATS              SLAPD-LDIF(5)

NAME

     slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

     The LDIF backend to slapd(8) is a basic storage backend that
     stores  entries  in  text files in LDIF format, and exploits
     the filesystem to create the tree structure of the database.
     It is intended as a cheap, low performance easy to use back-
     end, and it is exploited by higher-level internal structures
     to provide a permanent storage.

CONFIGURATION

     These slapd.conf options apply to the LDIF backend database.
     That  is,  they  must follow a "database ldif" line and come
     before any subsequent "backend" or "database" lines.   Other
     database  options  are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual
     page.

     directory <dir>
          Specify the directory where the database  tree  starts.
          The  directory must exist and grant appropriate permis-
          sions (rwx) to the identity slapd is running with.

ACCESS CONTROL

     The LDIF backend does not honor any of  the  access  control
     semantics  described  in  slapd.access(5).   Only  read (=r)
     access to the entry pseudo-attribute and to the other attri-
     bute  values of the entries returned by the search operation
     is honored, which is performed by the frontend.

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

     slapd.conf(5), slapd(8), ldif(5).

AUTHOR

     Eric Stokes

OpenLDAP 2.3.27      Last change: 2006/08/19                    1