SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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NAME
slapd-passwd - /etc/passwd backend to slapd
SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/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 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 performed by the frontend.
FILES
ETCDIR/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file
/etc/passwd user account information
SEE ALSO
slapd.conf (5), slapd (8), passwd (5).