SLAPD-PASSWD(5)                        File Formats Manual                        SLAPD-PASSWD(5)



NAME
       slapd-passwd - /etc/passwd backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/ldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION
       The PASSWD backend to slapd(8) serves up the user account information listed in the system
       passwd(5) file.  This backend is provided for demonstration purposes only.  The DN of each
       entry  is  "uid=<username>,<suffix>".   Note that non-base searches scan the entire passwd
       file, and are best suited for hosts with small passwd files.

CONFIGURATION
       This slapd.conf option applies to the PASSWD backend database.  That is, it must follow  a
       "database  passwd"  line  and  come  before  any subsequent "backend" or "database" lines.
       Other database options are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual page.

       file <filename>
              Specifies an alternate passwd file to use.  The default is /etc/passwd.

ACCESS CONTROL
       The passwd 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
       attribute values of the entries returned by the search operation is honored, which is per‐
       formed by the frontend.


FILES
       /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

       /etc/passwd
              user account information

SEE ALSO
       slapd.conf(5), slapd(8), passwd(5).



OpenLDAP                                    2014/09/20                            SLAPD-PASSWD(5)