SLAPD-LDIF(5) File Formats Manual SLAPD-LDIF(5)
NAME
slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ldap/slapd.conf
DESCRIPTION
The LDIF backend to slapd(8) is a basic storage backend that stores en-
tries in text files in LDIF format, and exploits the filesystem to cre-
ate the tree structure of the database. It is intended as a cheap, low
performance easy to use backend, 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 di-
rectory must exist and grant appropriate permissions (rwx) to
the identity slapd is running with.
ACCESS CONTROL
The LDIF backend does not honor any of the access control semantics de-
scribed in slapd.access(5). Only read (=r) access to the entry pseudo-
attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries returned by
the search operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend.
FILES
/etc/ldap/slapd.conf
default slapd configuration file
SEE ALSO
slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5), slapd(8), ldif(5).
AUTHOR
Eric Stokes
OpenLDAP 2.5.13+dfsg-5 2022/07/14 SLAPD-LDIF(5)
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