slapd.overlays - overlays for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP
daemon
The slapd(8) daemon can use a variety of different overlays
to alter or extend the normal behavior of a database backend. Overlays may
be compiled statically into slapd, or when module support is enabled, they
may be dynamically loaded. Most of the overlays are only allowed to be
configured on individual databases, but some may also be configured
globally.
Configuration options for each overlay are documented separately
in the corresponding slapo-<overlay>(5) manual pages.
- accesslog
- Access Logging. This overlay can record accesses to a given backend
database on another database.
- auditlog
- Audit Logging. This overlay records changes on a given backend database to
an LDIF log file. By default it is not built.
- chain
- Chaining. This overlay allows automatic referral chasing when a referral
would have been returned, either when configured by the server or when
requested by the client.
- constraint
- Constraint. This overlay enforces a regular expression constraint on all
values of specified attributes. It is used to enforce a more rigorous
syntax when the underlying attribute syntax is too general.
- dds
- Dynamic Directory Services. This overlay supports dynamic objects, which
have a limited life after which they expire and are automatically
deleted.
- dyngroup
- Dynamic Group. This is a demo overlay which extends the Compare operation
to detect members of a dynamic group. It has no effect on any other
operations.
- dynlist
- Dynamic List. This overlay allows expansion of dynamic groups and
more.
- pcache
- Proxycache. This overlay allows caching of LDAP search requests in a local
database. It is most often used with the slapd-ldap(5) or
slapd-meta(5) backends.
- ppolicy
- Password Policy. This overlay provides a variety of password control
mechanisms, e.g. password aging, password reuse and duplication control,
mandatory password resets, etc.
- refint
- Referential Integrity. This overlay can be used with a backend database
such as slapd-bdb(5) to maintain the cohesiveness of a schema which
utilizes reference attributes.
- retcode
- Return Code. This overlay is useful to test the behavior of clients when
server-generated erroneous and/or unusual responses occur.
- rwm
- Rewrite/remap. This overlay is experimental. It performs basic DN/data
rewrite and objectClass/attributeType mapping.
- syncprov
- Syncrepl Provider. This overlay implements the provider-side support for
syncrepl replication, including persistent search
functionality.
- translucent
- Translucent Proxy. This overlay can be used with a backend database such
as slapd-bdb(5) to create a "translucent proxy". Content
of entries retrieved from a remote LDAP server can be partially overridden
by the database.
- unique
- Attribute Uniqueness. This overlay can be used with a backend database
such as slapd-bdb(5) to enforce the uniqueness of some or all
attributes within a subtree.
- valsort
- Value Sorting. This overlay can be used to enforce a specific order for
the values of an attribute when it is returned in a search.
- /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
- default slapd configuration file
- /etc/openldap/slapd.d
- default slapd configuration directory
ldap(3), slapo-accesslog(5),
slapo-auditlog(5), slapo-chain(5), slapo-constraint(5),
slapo-dds(5), slapo-dyngroup(5), slapo-dynlist(5),
slapo-pcache(5), slapo-ppolicy(5), slapo-refint(5),
slapo-retcode(5), slapo-rwm(5), slapo-syncprov(5),
slapo-translucent(5), slapo-unique(5).
slapo-valsort(5). slapd-config(5), slapd.conf(5),
slapd.backends(5), slapd(8). "OpenLDAP Administrator's
Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
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is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.