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SLAPD-LDIF(5)                                                                                  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 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  directory  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 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
       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

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

AUTHOR
       Eric Stokes



OpenLDAP 2.3.27                                  2006/08/19                                    SLAPD-LDIF(5)