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+.TH SLAPD-CONFIG 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.\" Copyright 1998-2021 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
+.\" $OpenLDAP$
+.SH NAME
+slapd\-config \- configuration backend to slapd
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+ETCDIR/slapd.d
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B config
+backend manages all of the configuration information for the
+.BR slapd (8)
+daemon. This configuration information is also used by the SLAPD tools
+.BR slapacl (8),
+.BR slapadd (8),
+.BR slapauth (8),
+.BR slapcat (8),
+.BR slapdn (8),
+.BR slapindex (8),
+and
+.BR slaptest (8).
+.LP
+The
+.B config
+backend is backward compatible with the older
+.BR slapd.conf (5)
+file but provides the ability to change the configuration dynamically
+at runtime. If slapd is run with only a
+.B slapd.conf
+file dynamic changes will be allowed but they will not persist across
+a server restart. Dynamic changes are only saved when slapd is running
+from a
+.B slapd.d
+configuration directory.
+.LP
+
+Unlike other backends, there can only be one instance of the
+.B config
+backend, and most of its structure is predefined. The root of the
+database is hardcoded to
+.B "cn=config"
+and this root entry contains
+global settings for slapd. Multiple child entries underneath the
+root entry are used to carry various other settings:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B cn=Module
+dynamically loaded modules
+.TP
+.B cn=Schema
+schema definitions
+.TP
+.B olcBackend=xxx
+backend-specific settings
+.TP
+.B olcDatabase=xxx
+database-specific settings
+.RE
+
+The
+.B cn=Module
+entries will only appear in configurations where slapd
+was built with support for dynamically loaded modules. There can be
+multiple entries, one for each configured module path. Within each
+entry there will be values recorded for each module loaded on a
+given path. These entries have no children.
+
+The
+.B cn=Schema
+entry contains all of the hardcoded schema elements.
+The children of this entry contain all user-defined schema elements.
+In schema that were loaded from include files, the child entry will
+be named after the include file from which the schema was loaded.
+Typically the first child in this subtree will be
+.BR cn=core,cn=schema,cn=config .
+
+.B olcBackend
+entries are for storing settings specific to a single
+backend type (and thus global to all database instances of that type).
+At present there are no backends that implement settings of this
+nature, so usually there will not be any olcBackend entries.
+
+.B olcDatabase
+entries store settings specific to a single database
+instance. These entries may have
+.B olcOverlay
+child entries corresponding
+to any overlays configured on the database. The olcDatabase and
+olcOverlay entries may also have miscellaneous child entries for
+other settings as needed. There are two special database entries
+that are predefined \- one is an entry for the config database itself,
+and the other is for the "frontend" database. Settings in the
+frontend database are inherited by the other databases, unless
+they are explicitly overridden in a specific database.
+.LP
+The specific configuration options available are discussed below in the
+Global Configuration Options, General Backend Options, and General Database
+Options. Options are set by defining LDAP attributes with specific values.
+In general the names of the LDAP attributes are the same as the corresponding
+.B slapd.conf
+keyword, with an "olc" prefix added on.
+
+The parser for many of these attributes is the same as used for parsing
+the slapd.conf keywords. As such, slapd.conf keywords that allow multiple
+items to be specified on one line, separated by whitespace, will allow
+multiple items to be specified in one attribute value. However, when
+reading the attribute via LDAP, the items will be returned as individual
+attribute values.
+
+Backend-specific options are discussed in the
+.B slapd\-<backend>(5)
+manual pages. Refer to the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for more
+details on configuring slapd.
+.SH GLOBAL CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
+Options described in this section apply to the server as a whole.
+Arguments that should be replaced by
+actual text are shown in brackets <>.
+
+These options may only be specified in the
+.B cn=config
+entry. This entry must have an objectClass of
+.BR olcGlobal .
+
+.TP
+.B olcAllows: <features>
+Specify a set of features to allow (default none).
+.B bind_v2
+allows acceptance of LDAPv2 bind requests. Note that
+.BR slapd (8)
+does not truly implement LDAPv2 (RFC 1777), now Historic (RFC 3494).
+.B bind_anon_cred
+allows anonymous bind when credentials are not empty (e.g.
+when DN is empty).
+.B bind_anon_dn
+allows unauthenticated (anonymous) bind when DN is not empty.
+.B update_anon
+allows unauthenticated (anonymous) update operations to be processed
+(subject to access controls and other administrative limits).
+.B proxy_authz_anon
+allows unauthenticated (anonymous) proxy authorization control to be processed
+(subject to access controls, authorization and other administrative limits).
+.TP
+.B olcArgsFile: <filename>
+The (absolute) name of a file that will hold the
+.B slapd
+server's command line (program name and options).
+.TP
+.B olcAttributeOptions: <option-name>...
+Define tagging attribute options or option tag/range prefixes.
+Options must not end with `\-', prefixes must end with `\-'.
+The `lang\-' prefix is predefined.
+If you use the
+.B olcAttributeOptions
+directive, `lang\-' will no longer be defined and you must specify it
+explicitly if you want it defined.
+
+An attribute description with a tagging option is a subtype of that
+attribute description without the option.
+Except for that, options defined this way have no special semantics.
+Prefixes defined this way work like the `lang\-' options:
+They define a prefix for tagging options starting with the prefix.
+That is, if you define the prefix `x\-foo\-', you can use the option
+`x\-foo\-bar'.
+Furthermore, in a search or compare, a prefix or range name (with
+a trailing `\-') matches all options starting with that name, as well
+as the option with the range name sans the trailing `\-'.
+That is, `x\-foo\-bar\-' matches `x\-foo\-bar' and `x\-foo\-bar\-baz'.
+
+RFC 4520 reserves options beginning with `x\-' for private experiments.
+Other options should be registered with IANA, see RFC 4520 section 3.5.
+OpenLDAP also has the `binary' option built in, but this is a transfer
+option, not a tagging option.
+.TP
+.B olcAuthIDRewrite: <rewrite\-rule>
+Used by the authentication framework to convert simple user names
+to an LDAP DN used for authorization purposes.
+Its purpose is analogous to that of
+.BR olcAuthzRegexp
+(see below).
+The
+.B rewrite\-rule
+is a set of rules analogous to those described in
+.BR slapo\-rwm (5)
+for data rewriting (after stripping the \fIrwm\-\fP prefix).
+.B olcAuthIDRewrite
+and
+.B olcAuthzRegexp
+should not be intermixed.
+.TP
+.B olcAuthzPolicy: <policy>
+Used to specify which rules to use for Proxy Authorization. Proxy
+authorization allows a client to authenticate to the server using one
+user's credentials, but specify a different identity to use for authorization
+and access control purposes. It essentially allows user A to login as user
+B, using user A's password.
+The
+.B none
+flag disables proxy authorization. This is the default setting.
+The
+.B from
+flag will use rules in the
+.I authzFrom
+attribute of the authorization DN.
+The
+.B to
+flag will use rules in the
+.I authzTo
+attribute of the authentication DN.
+The
+.B any
+flag, an alias for the deprecated value of
+.BR both ,
+will allow any of the above, whatever succeeds first (checked in
+.BR to ,
+.B from
+sequence.
+The
+.B all
+flag requires both authorizations to succeed.
+.LP
+.RS
+The rules are mechanisms to specify which identities are allowed
+to perform proxy authorization.
+The
+.I authzFrom
+attribute in an entry specifies which other users
+are allowed to proxy login to this entry. The
+.I authzTo
+attribute in
+an entry specifies which other users this user can authorize as. Use of
+.I authzTo
+rules can be easily
+abused if users are allowed to write arbitrary values to this attribute.
+In general the
+.I authzTo
+attribute must be protected with ACLs such that
+only privileged users can modify it.
+The value of
+.I authzFrom
+and
+.I authzTo
+describes an
+.B identity
+or a set of identities; it can take five forms:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B ldap:///<base>??[<scope>]?<filter>
+.RE
+.RS
+.B dn[.<dnstyle>]:<pattern>
+.RE
+.RS
+.B u[<mech>[<realm>]]:<pattern>
+.RE
+.RS
+.B group[/objectClass[/attributeType]]:<pattern>
+.RE
+.RS
+.B <pattern>
+.RE
+.RS
+
+.B <dnstyle>:={exact|onelevel|children|subtree|regex}
+
+.RE
+The first form is a valid LDAP
+.B URI
+where the
+.IR <host>:<port> ,
+the
+.I <attrs>
+and the
+.I <extensions>
+portions must be absent, so that the search occurs locally on either
+.I authzFrom
+or
+.IR authzTo .
+The second form is a
+.BR DN ,
+with the optional style modifiers
+.IR exact ,
+.IR onelevel ,
+.IR children ,
+and
+.I subtree
+for exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
+.I <pattern>
+to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules, or the special
+.I regex
+style, which causes the
+.I <pattern>
+to be treated as a POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, as
+discussed in
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7).
+A pattern of
+.I *
+means any non-anonymous DN.
+The third form is a SASL
+.BR id ,
+with the optional fields
+.I <mech>
+and
+.I <realm>
+that allow to specify a SASL
+.BR mechanism ,
+and eventually a SASL
+.BR realm ,
+for those mechanisms that support one.
+The need to allow the specification of a mechanism is still debated,
+and users are strongly discouraged to rely on this possibility.
+The fourth form is a group specification, consisting of the keyword
+.BR group ,
+optionally followed by the specification of the group
+.B objectClass
+and member
+.BR attributeType .
+The group with DN
+.B <pattern>
+is searched with base scope, and in case of match, the values of the
+member
+.B attributeType
+are searched for the asserted DN.
+For backwards compatibility, if no identity type is provided, i.e. only
+.B <pattern>
+is present, an
+.I exact DN
+is assumed; as a consequence,
+.B <pattern>
+is subjected to DN normalization.
+Since the interpretation of
+.I authzFrom
+and
+.I authzTo
+can impact security, users are strongly encouraged
+to explicitly set the type of identity specification that is being used.
+A subset of these rules can be used as third arg in the
+.B olcAuthzRegexp
+statement (see below); significantly, the
+.I URI
+and the
+.I dn.exact:<dn>
+forms.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcAuthzRegexp: <match> <replace>
+Used by the authentication framework to convert simple user names,
+such as provided by SASL subsystem, to an LDAP DN used for
+authorization purposes. Note that the resultant DN need not refer
+to an existing entry to be considered valid. When an authorization
+request is received from the SASL subsystem, the SASL
+.BR USERNAME ,
+.BR REALM ,
+and
+.B MECHANISM
+are taken, when available, and combined into a name of the form
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.B UID=<username>[[,CN=<realm>],CN=<mechanism>],CN=auth
+
+.RE
+This name is then compared against the
+.B match
+POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, and if the match is successful,
+the name is replaced with the
+.B replace
+string. If there are wildcard strings in the
+.B match
+regular expression that are enclosed in parenthesis, e.g.
+.RS
+.TP
+.B UID=([^,]*),CN=.*
+
+.RE
+then the portion of the name that matched the wildcard will be stored
+in the numbered placeholder variable $1. If there are other wildcard strings
+in parenthesis, the matching strings will be in $2, $3, etc. up to $9. The
+placeholders can then be used in the
+.B replace
+string, e.g.
+.RS
+.TP
+.B UID=$1,OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com
+
+.RE
+The replaced name can be either a DN, i.e. a string prefixed by "dn:",
+or an LDAP URI.
+If the latter, the server will use the URI to search its own database(s)
+and, if the search returns exactly one entry, the name is
+replaced by the DN of that entry. The LDAP URI must have no
+hostport, attrs, or extensions components, but the filter is mandatory,
+e.g.
+.RS
+.TP
+.B ldap:///OU=Accounts,DC=example,DC=com??one?(UID=$1)
+
+.RE
+The protocol portion of the URI must be strictly
+.BR ldap .
+Note that this search is subject to access controls. Specifically,
+the authentication identity must have "auth" access in the subject.
+
+Multiple
+.B olcAuthzRegexp
+values can be specified to allow for multiple matching
+and replacement patterns. The matching patterns are checked in the order they
+appear in the attribute, stopping at the first successful match.
+
+.\".B Caution:
+.\"Because the plus sign + is a character recognized by the regular expression engine,
+.\"and it will appear in names that include a REALM, be careful to escape the
+.\"plus sign with a backslash \\+ to remove the character's special meaning.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcConcurrency: <integer>
+Specify a desired level of concurrency. Provided to the underlying
+thread system as a hint. The default is not to provide any hint. This setting
+is only meaningful on some platforms where there is not a one to one
+correspondence between user threads and kernel threads.
+.TP
+.B olcConnMaxPending: <integer>
+Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an anonymous session.
+If requests are submitted faster than the server can process them, they
+will be queued up to this limit. If the limit is exceeded, the session
+is closed. The default is 100.
+.TP
+.B olcConnMaxPendingAuth: <integer>
+Specify the maximum number of pending requests for an authenticated session.
+The default is 1000.
+.TP
+.B olcDisallows: <features>
+Specify a set of features to disallow (default none).
+.B bind_anon
+disables acceptance of anonymous bind requests. Note that this setting
+does not prohibit anonymous directory access (See "require authc").
+.B bind_simple
+disables simple (bind) authentication.
+.B tls_2_anon
+disables forcing session to anonymous status (see also
+.BR tls_authc )
+upon StartTLS operation receipt.
+.B tls_authc
+disallows the StartTLS operation if authenticated (see also
+.BR tls_2_anon ).
+.TP
+.B olcGentleHUP: { TRUE | FALSE }
+A SIGHUP signal will only cause a 'gentle' shutdown-attempt:
+.B Slapd
+will stop listening for new connections, but will not close the
+connections to the current clients. Future write operations return
+unwilling-to-perform, though. Slapd terminates when all clients
+have closed their connections (if they ever do), or \- as before \-
+if it receives a SIGTERM signal. This can be useful if you wish to
+terminate the server and start a new
+.B slapd
+server
+.B with another database,
+without disrupting the currently active clients.
+The default is FALSE. You may wish to use
+.B olcIdleTimeout
+along with this option.
+.TP
+.B olcIdleTimeout: <integer>
+Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing
+an idle client connection. A setting of 0 disables this
+feature. The default is 0. You may also want to set the
+.B olcWriteTimeout
+option.
+.TP
+.B olcIndexIntLen: <integer>
+Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The most significant
+bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The default
+value is 4, which provides exact indexing for 31 bit values.
+A floating point representation is used to index too large values.
+.TP
+.B olcIndexSubstrIfMaxlen: <integer>
+Specify the maximum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. Only
+this many characters of an attribute value will be processed by the
+indexing functions; any excess characters are ignored. The default is 4.
+.TP
+.B olcIndexSubstrIfMinlen: <integer>
+Specify the minimum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. An
+attribute value must have at least this many characters in order to be
+processed by the indexing functions. The default is 2.
+.TP
+.B olcIndexSubstrAnyLen: <integer>
+Specify the length used for subany indices. An attribute value must have
+at least this many characters in order to be processed. Attribute values
+longer than this length will be processed in segments of this length. The
+default is 4. The subany index will also be used in subinitial and
+subfinal index lookups when the filter string is longer than the
+.I olcIndexSubstrIfMaxlen
+value.
+.TP
+.B olcIndexSubstrAnyStep: <integer>
+Specify the steps used in subany index lookups. This value sets the offset
+for the segments of a filter string that are processed for a subany index
+lookup. The default is 2. For example, with the default values, a search
+using this filter "cn=*abcdefgh*" would generate index lookups for
+"abcd", "cdef", and "efgh".
+
+.LP
+Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use. Also,
+changing these settings will generally require deleting any indices that
+depend on these parameters and recreating them with
+.BR slapindex (8).
+
+.TP
+.B olcListenerThreads: <integer>
+Specify the number of threads to use for the connection manager.
+The default is 1 and this is typically adequate for up to 16 CPU cores.
+The value should be set to a power of 2.
+.TP
+.B olcLocalSSF: <SSF>
+Specifies the Security Strength Factor (SSF) to be given local LDAP sessions,
+such as those to the ldapi:// listener. For a description of SSF values,
+see
+.BR olcSaslSecProps 's
+.B minssf
+option description. The default is 71.
+.TP
+.B olcLogFile: <filename>
+Specify a file for recording debug log messages. By default these messages
+only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile
+copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
+.TP
+.B olcLogLevel: <integer> [...]
+Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation
+statistics should be syslogged (currently logged to the
+.BR syslogd (8)
+LOG_LOCAL4 facility).
+They must be considered subsystems rather than increasingly verbose
+log levels.
+Some messages with higher priority are logged regardless
+of the configured loglevel as soon as any logging is configured.
+Log levels are additive, and available levels are:
+.RS
+.RS
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B 1
+.B (0x1 trace)
+trace function calls
+.TP
+.B 2
+.B (0x2 packets)
+debug packet handling
+.TP
+.B 4
+.B (0x4 args)
+heavy trace debugging (function args)
+.TP
+.B 8
+.B (0x8 conns)
+connection management
+.TP
+.B 16
+.B (0x10 BER)
+print out packets sent and received
+.TP
+.B 32
+.B (0x20 filter)
+search filter processing
+.TP
+.B 64
+.B (0x40 config)
+configuration file processing
+.TP
+.B 128
+.B (0x80 ACL)
+access control list processing
+.TP
+.B 256
+.B (0x100 stats)
+stats log connections/operations/results
+.TP
+.B 512
+.B (0x200 stats2)
+stats log entries sent
+.TP
+.B 1024
+.B (0x400 shell)
+print communication with shell backends
+.TP
+.B 2048
+.B (0x800 parse)
+entry parsing
+\".TP
+\".B 4096
+\".B (0x1000 cache)
+\"caching (unused)
+\".TP
+\".B 8192
+\".B (0x2000 index)
+\"data indexing (unused)
+.TP
+.B 16384
+.B (0x4000 sync)
+LDAPSync replication
+.TP
+.B 32768
+.B (0x8000 none)
+only messages that get logged whatever log level is set
+.PD
+.RE
+The desired log level can be input as a single integer that combines
+the (ORed) desired levels, both in decimal or in hexadecimal notation,
+as a list of integers (that are ORed internally),
+or as a list of the names that are shown between parenthesis, such that
+.LP
+.nf
+ olcLogLevel: 129
+ olcLogLevel: 0x81
+ olcLogLevel: 128 1
+ olcLogLevel: 0x80 0x1
+ olcLogLevel: acl trace
+.fi
+.LP
+are equivalent.
+The keyword
+.B any
+can be used as a shortcut to enable logging at all levels (equivalent to \-1).
+The keyword
+.BR none ,
+or the equivalent integer representation, causes those messages
+that are logged regardless of the configured olcLogLevel to be logged.
+In fact, if no olcLogLevel (or a 0 level) is defined, no logging occurs,
+so at least the
+.B none
+level is required to have high priority messages logged.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcPasswordCryptSaltFormat: <format>
+Specify the format of the salt passed to
+.BR crypt (3)
+when generating {CRYPT} passwords (see
+.BR olcPasswordHash )
+during processing of LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).
+
+This string needs to be in
+.BR sprintf (3)
+format and may include one (and only one) %s conversion.
+This conversion will be substituted with a string of random
+characters from [A\-Za\-z0\-9./]. For example, "%.2s"
+provides a two character salt and "$1$%.8s" tells some
+versions of crypt(3) to use an MD5 algorithm and provides
+8 random characters of salt. The default is "%s", which
+provides 31 characters of salt.
+.TP
+.B olcPidFile: <filename>
+The (absolute) name of a file that will hold the
+.B slapd
+server's process ID (see
+.BR getpid (2)).
+.TP
+.B olcPluginLogFile: <filename>
+The ( absolute ) name of a file that will contain log
+messages from
+.B SLAPI
+plugins. See
+.BR slapd.plugin (5)
+for details.
+.TP
+.B olcReferral: <url>
+Specify the referral to pass back when
+.BR slapd (8)
+cannot find a local database to handle a request.
+If multiple values are specified, each url is provided.
+.TP
+.B olcReverseLookup: TRUE | FALSE
+Enable/disable client name unverified reverse lookup (default is
+.BR FALSE
+if compiled with \-\-enable\-rlookups).
+.TP
+.B olcRootDSE: <file>
+Specify the name of an LDIF(5) file containing user defined attributes
+for the root DSE. These attributes are returned in addition to the
+attributes normally produced by slapd.
+
+The root DSE is an entry with information about the server and its
+capabilities, in operational attributes.
+It has the empty DN, and can be read with e.g.:
+.ti +4
+ldapsearch \-x \-b "" \-s base "+"
+.br
+See RFC 4512 section 5.1 for details.
+.TP
+.B olcSaslAuxprops: <plugin> [...]
+Specify which auxprop plugins to use for authentication lookups. The
+default is empty, which just uses slapd's internal support. Usually
+no other auxprop plugins are needed.
+.TP
+.B olcSaslHost: <fqdn>
+Used to specify the fully qualified domain name used for SASL processing.
+.TP
+.B olcSaslRealm: <realm>
+Specify SASL realm. Default is empty.
+.TP
+.B olcSaslSecProps: <properties>
+Used to specify Cyrus SASL security properties.
+The
+.B none
+flag (without any other properties) causes the flag properties
+default, "noanonymous,noplain", to be cleared.
+The
+.B noplain
+flag disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.
+The
+.B noactive
+flag disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
+The
+.B nodict
+flag disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.
+The
+.B noanonymous
+flag disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
+The
+.B forwardsec
+flag require forward secrecy between sessions.
+The
+.B passcred
+require mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allow
+mechanisms which can pass credentials to do so).
+The
+.B minssf=<factor>
+property specifies the minimum acceptable
+.I security strength factor
+as an integer approximate to effective key length used for
+encryption. 0 (zero) implies no protection, 1 implies integrity
+protection only, 56 allows DES or other weak ciphers, 112
+allows triple DES and other strong ciphers, 128 allows RC4,
+Blowfish and other modern strong ciphers. The default is 0.
+The
+.B maxssf=<factor>
+property specifies the maximum acceptable
+.I security strength factor
+as an integer (see minssf description). The default is INT_MAX.
+The
+.B maxbufsize=<size>
+property specifies the maximum security layer receive buffer
+size allowed. 0 disables security layers. The default is 65536.
+.TP
+.B olcServerID: <integer> [<URL>]
+Specify an integer ID from 0 to 4095 for this server (limited
+to 3 hexadecimal digits). The ID may also be specified as a
+hexadecimal ID by prefixing the value with "0x".
+Non-zero IDs are
+required when using multi-provider replication and each provider must have a
+unique non-zero ID. Note that this requirement also applies to separate providers
+contributing to a glued set of databases.
+If the URL is provided, this directive may be specified
+multiple times, providing a complete list of participating servers
+and their IDs. The fully qualified hostname of each server should be
+used in the supplied URLs. The IDs are used in the "replica id" field
+of all CSNs generated by the specified server. The default value is zero, which
+is only valid for single provider replication.
+Example:
+.LP
+.nf
+ olcServerID: 1 ldap://ldap1.example.com
+ olcServerID: 2 ldap://ldap2.example.com
+.fi
+.TP
+.B olcSockbufMaxIncoming: <integer>
+Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for anonymous sessions.
+The default is 262143.
+.TP
+.B olcSockbufMaxIncomingAuth: <integer>
+Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for authenticated sessions.
+The default is 4194303.
+.TP
+.B olcTCPBuffer [listener=<URL>] [{read|write}=]<size>
+Specify the size of the TCP buffer.
+A global value for both read and write TCP buffers related to any listener
+is defined, unless the listener is explicitly specified,
+or either the read or write qualifiers are used.
+See
+.BR tcp (7)
+for details.
+Note that some OS-es implement automatic TCP buffer tuning.
+.TP
+.B olcThreads: <integer>
+Specify the maximum size of the primary thread pool.
+The default is 16; the minimum value is 2.
+.TP
+.B olcToolThreads: <integer>
+Specify the maximum number of threads to use in tool mode.
+This should not be greater than the number of CPUs in the system.
+The default is 1.
+.TP
+.B olcWriteTimeout: <integer>
+Specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly closing
+a connection with an outstanding write. This allows recovery from
+various network hang conditions. A setting of 0 disables this
+feature. The default is 0.
+.SH TLS OPTIONS
+If
+.B slapd
+is built with support for Transport Layer Security, there are more options
+you can specify.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCipherSuite: <cipher-suite-spec>
+Permits configuring what ciphers will be accepted and the preference order.
+<cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specification for
+the TLS library in use (OpenSSL, GnuTLS, or Mozilla NSS).
+Example:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.I OpenSSL:
+olcTLSCipherSuite: HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2
+.TP
+.I GnuTLS:
+olcTLSCiphersuite: SECURE256:!AES-128-CBC
+.RE
+
+To check what ciphers a given spec selects in OpenSSL, use:
+
+.nf
+ openssl ciphers \-v <cipher-suite-spec>
+.fi
+
+With GnuTLS the available specs can be found in the manual page of
+.BR gnutls\-cli (1)
+(see the description of the
+option
+.BR \-\-priority ).
+
+In older versions of GnuTLS, where gnutls\-cli does not support the option
+\-\-priority, you can obtain the \(em more limited \(em list of ciphers by calling:
+
+.nf
+ gnutls\-cli \-l
+.fi
+
+When using Mozilla NSS, the OpenSSL cipher suite specifications are used and
+translated into the format used internally by Mozilla NSS. There isn't an easy
+way to list the cipher suites from the command line. The authoritative list
+is in the source code for Mozilla NSS in the file sslinfo.c in the structure
+.nf
+ static const SSLCipherSuiteInfo suiteInfo[]
+.fi
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCACertificateFile: <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of the Certificate
+Authorities that
+.B slapd
+will recognize.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCACertificatePath: <path>
+Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
+certificates in separate individual files. Usually only one of this
+or the olcTLSCACertificateFile is defined. If both are specified, both
+locations will be used. This directive is not supported
+when using GnuTLS.
+
+When using Mozilla NSS, <path> may contain a Mozilla NSS cert/key
+database. If <path> contains a Mozilla NSS cert/key database and
+CA cert files, OpenLDAP will use the cert/key database and will
+ignore the CA cert files.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCertificateFile: <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains the
+.B slapd
+server certificate.
+
+When using Mozilla NSS, if using a cert/key database (specified with
+olcTLSCACertificatePath), olcTLSCertificateFile specifies
+the name of the certificate to use:
+.nf
+ olcTLSCertificateFile: Server-Cert
+.fi
+If using a token other than the internal built in token, specify the
+token name first, followed by a colon:
+.nf
+ olcTLSCertificateFile: my hardware device:Server-Cert
+.fi
+Use certutil \-L to list the certificates by name:
+.nf
+ certutil \-d /path/to/certdbdir \-L
+.fi
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: <filename>
+Specifies the file that contains the
+.B slapd
+server private key that matches the certificate stored in the
+.B olcTLSCertificateFile
+file. If the private key is protected with a password, the password must
+be manually typed in when slapd starts. Usually the private key is not
+protected with a password, to allow slapd to start without manual
+intervention, so
+it is of critical importance that the file is protected carefully.
+
+When using Mozilla NSS, olcTLSCertificateKeyFile specifies the name of
+a file that contains the password for the key for the certificate specified with
+olcTLSCertificateFile. The modutil command can be used to turn off password
+protection for the cert/key database. For example, if olcTLSCACertificatePath
+specifes /etc/openldap/certdb as the location of the cert/key database, use
+modutil to change the password to the empty string:
+.nf
+ modutil \-dbdir /etc/openldap/certdb \-changepw 'NSS Certificate DB'
+.fi
+You must have the old password, if any. Ignore the WARNING about the running
+browser. Press 'Enter' for the new password.
+
+.TP
+.B olcTLSDHParamFile: <filename>
+This directive specifies the file that contains parameters for Diffie-Hellman
+ephemeral key exchange. This is required in order to use a DSA certificate on
+the server, or an RSA certificate missing the "key encipherment" key usage.
+Note that setting this option may also enable
+Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchanges in certain non-default cipher suites.
+Anonymous key exchanges should generally be avoided since they provide no
+actual client or server authentication and provide no protection against
+man-in-the-middle attacks.
+You should append "!ADH" to your cipher suites to ensure that these suites
+are not used.
+When using Mozilla NSS these parameters are always generated randomly
+so this directive is ignored.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSECName: <name>
+Specify the name of the curve(s) to use for Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
+ephemeral key exchange. This option is only used for OpenSSL.
+This option is not used with GnuTLS; the curves may be
+chosen in the GnuTLS ciphersuite specification. This option is also
+ignored for Mozilla NSS.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSProtocolMin: <major>[.<minor>]
+Specifies minimum SSL/TLS protocol version that will be negotiated.
+If the server doesn't support at least that version,
+the SSL handshake will fail.
+To require TLS 1.x or higher, set this option to 3.(x+1),
+e.g.,
+
+.nf
+ olcTLSProtocolMin: 3.2
+.fi
+
+would require TLS 1.1.
+Specifying a minimum that is higher than that supported by the
+OpenLDAP implementation will result in it requiring the
+highest level that it does support.
+This directive is ignored with GnuTLS.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSRandFile: <filename>
+Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]random
+is not available. Generally set to the name of the EGD/PRNGD socket.
+The environment variable RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename.
+This directive is ignored with GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.
+.TP
+.B olcTLSVerifyClient: <level>
+Specifies what checks to perform on client certificates in an
+incoming TLS session, if any.
+The
+.B <level>
+can be specified as one of the following keywords:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B never
+This is the default.
+.B slapd
+will not ask the client for a certificate.
+.TP
+.B allow
+The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
+the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
+it will be ignored and the session proceeds normally.
+.TP
+.B try
+The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
+the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
+the session is immediately terminated.
+.TP
+.B demand | hard | true
+These keywords are all equivalent, for compatibility reasons.
+The client certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
+or a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.
+
+Note that a valid client certificate is required in order to use the
+SASL EXTERNAL authentication mechanism with a TLS session. As such,
+a non-default
+.B olcTLSVerifyClient
+setting must be chosen to enable SASL EXTERNAL authentication.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCRLCheck: <level>
+Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the CA should be
+used to verify if the client certificates have not been revoked. This
+requires
+.B olcTLSCACertificatePath
+parameter to be set. This parameter is ignored with GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.
+.B <level>
+can be specified as one of the following keywords:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B none
+No CRL checks are performed
+.TP
+.B peer
+Check the CRL of the peer certificate
+.TP
+.B all
+Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcTLSCRLFile: <filename>
+Specifies a file containing a Certificate Revocation List to be used
+for verifying that certificates have not been revoked. This parameter
+is only valid when using GnuTLS or Mozilla NSS.
+.SH DYNAMIC MODULE OPTIONS
+If
+.B slapd
+is compiled with \-\-enable\-modules then the module-related entries will
+be available. These entries are named
+.B cn=module{x},cn=config
+and
+must have the olcModuleList objectClass. One entry should be created
+per
+.B olcModulePath.
+Normally the config engine generates the "{x}" index in the RDN
+automatically, so it can be omitted when initially loading these entries.
+.TP
+.B olcModuleLoad: <filename>
+Specify the name of a dynamically loadable module to load. The filename
+may be an absolute path name or a simple filename. Non-absolute names
+are searched for in the directories specified by the
+.B olcModulePath
+option.
+.TP
+.B olcModulePath: <pathspec>
+Specify a list of directories to search for loadable modules. Typically
+the path is colon-separated but this depends on the operating system.
+The default is MODULEDIR, which is where the standard OpenLDAP install
+will place its modules.
+.SH SCHEMA OPTIONS
+Schema definitions are created as entries in the
+.B cn=schema,cn=config
+subtree. These entries must have the olcSchemaConfig objectClass.
+As noted above, the actual
+.B cn=schema,cn=config
+entry is predefined and any values specified for it are ignored.
+
+.HP
+.hy 0
+.B olcAttributetypes: "(\ <oid>\
+ [NAME\ <name>]\
+ [DESC\ <description>]\
+ [OBSOLETE]\
+ [SUP\ <oid>]\
+ [EQUALITY\ <oid>]\
+ [ORDERING\ <oid>]\
+ [SUBSTR\ <oid>]\
+ [SYNTAX\ <oidlen>]\
+ [SINGLE\-VALUE]\
+ [COLLECTIVE]\
+ [NO\-USER\-MODIFICATION]\
+ [USAGE\ <attributeUsage>]\ )"
+.RS
+Specify an attribute type using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
+The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
+forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
+attribute syntax OID.
+(See the
+.B olcObjectIdentifier
+description.)
+.RE
+
+.HP
+.hy 0
+.B olcDitContentRules: "(\ <oid>\
+ [NAME\ <name>]\
+ [DESC\ <description>]\
+ [OBSOLETE]\
+ [AUX\ <oids>]\
+ [MUST\ <oids>]\
+ [MAY\ <oids>]\
+ [NOT\ <oids>]\ )"
+.RS
+Specify an DIT Content Rule using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
+The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
+forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the attribute OID and
+attribute syntax OID.
+(See the
+.B olcObjectIdentifier
+description.)
+.RE
+
+.HP
+.hy 0
+.B olcObjectClasses: "(\ <oid>\
+ [NAME\ <name>]\
+ [DESC\ <description>]\
+ [OBSOLETE]\
+ [SUP\ <oids>]\
+ [{ ABSTRACT | STRUCTURAL | AUXILIARY }]\
+ [MUST\ <oids>] [MAY\ <oids>] )"
+.RS
+Specify an objectclass using the LDAPv3 syntax defined in RFC 4512.
+The slapd parser extends the RFC 4512 definition by allowing string
+forms as well as numeric OIDs to be used for the object class OID.
+(See the
+.B
+olcObjectIdentifier
+description.) Object classes are "STRUCTURAL" by default.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcObjectIdentifier: <name> "{ <oid> | <name>[:<suffix>] }"
+Define a string name that equates to the given OID. The string can be used
+in place of the numeric OID in objectclass and attribute definitions. The
+name can also be used with a suffix of the form ":xx" in which case the
+value "oid.xx" will be used.
+
+.SH GENERAL BACKEND OPTIONS
+Options in these entries only apply to the configuration of a single
+type of backend. All backends may support this class of options, but
+currently none do.
+The entry must be named
+.B olcBackend=<databasetype>,cn=config
+and must have the olcBackendConfig objectClass.
+<databasetype>
+should be one of
+.BR bdb ,
+.BR config ,
+.BR dnssrv ,
+.BR hdb ,
+.BR ldap ,
+.BR ldif ,
+.BR mdb ,
+.BR meta ,
+.BR monitor ,
+.BR ndb ,
+.BR null ,
+.BR passwd ,
+.BR perl ,
+.BR relay ,
+.BR shell ,
+or
+.BR sql .
+At present, no backend implements any options of this type, so this
+entry should not be used.
+
+.SH DATABASE OPTIONS
+Database options are set in entries named
+.B olcDatabase={x}<databasetype>,cn=config
+and must have the olcDatabaseConfig objectClass. Normally the config
+engine generates the "{x}" index in the RDN automatically, so it
+can be omitted when initially loading these entries.
+
+The special frontend database is always numbered "{\-1}" and the config
+database is always numbered "{0}".
+
+.SH GLOBAL DATABASE OPTIONS
+Options in this section may be set in the special "frontend" database
+and inherited in all the other databases. These options may be altered
+by further settings in each specific database. The frontend entry must
+be named
+.B olcDatabase=frontend,cn=config
+and must have the olcFrontendConfig objectClass.
+.TP
+.B olcAccess: to <what> "[ by <who> <access> <control> ]+"
+Grant access (specified by <access>) to a set of entries and/or
+attributes (specified by <what>) by one or more requestors (specified
+by <who>).
+If no access controls are present, the default policy
+allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts
+updates to rootdn. (e.g., "olcAccess: to * by * read").
+See
+.BR slapd.access (5)
+and the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for details.
+
+Access controls set in the frontend are appended to any access
+controls set on the specific databases.
+The rootdn of a database can always read and write EVERYTHING
+in that database.
+
+Extra special care must be taken with the access controls on the
+config database. Unlike other databases, the default policy for the
+config database is to only allow access to the rootdn. Regular users
+should not have read access, and write access should be granted very
+carefully to privileged administrators.
+
+.TP
+.B olcDefaultSearchBase: <dn>
+Specify a default search base to use when client submits a
+non-base search request with an empty base DN.
+Base scoped search requests with an empty base DN are not affected.
+This setting is only allowed in the frontend entry.
+.TP
+.B olcExtraAttrs: <attr>
+Lists what attributes need to be added to search requests.
+Local storage backends return the entire entry to the frontend.
+The frontend takes care of only returning the requested attributes
+that are allowed by ACLs.
+However, features like access checking and so may need specific
+attributes that are not automatically returned by remote storage
+backends, like proxy backends and so on.
+.B <attr>
+is an attribute that is needed for internal purposes
+and thus always needs to be collected, even when not explicitly
+requested by clients.
+This attribute is multi-valued.
+.TP
+.B olcPasswordHash: <hash> [<hash>...]
+This option configures one or more hashes to be used in generation of user
+passwords stored in the userPassword attribute during processing of
+LDAP Password Modify Extended Operations (RFC 3062).
+The <hash> must be one of
+.BR {SSHA} ,
+.BR {SHA} ,
+.BR {SMD5} ,
+.BR {MD5} ,
+.BR {CRYPT} ,
+and
+.BR {CLEARTEXT} .
+The default is
+.BR {SSHA} .
+
+.B {SHA}
+and
+.B {SSHA}
+use the SHA-1 algorithm (FIPS 160-1), the latter with a seed.
+
+.B {MD5}
+and
+.B {SMD5}
+use the MD5 algorithm (RFC 1321), the latter with a seed.
+
+.B {CRYPT}
+uses the
+.BR crypt (3).
+
+.B {CLEARTEXT}
+indicates that the new password should be
+added to userPassword as clear text.
+
+Note that this option does not alter the normal user applications
+handling of userPassword during LDAP Add, Modify, or other LDAP operations.
+This setting is only allowed in the frontend entry.
+.TP
+.B olcReadOnly: TRUE | FALSE
+This option puts the database into "read-only" mode. Any attempts to
+modify the database will return an "unwilling to perform" error. By
+default, olcReadOnly is FALSE. Note that when this option is set
+TRUE on the frontend, it cannot be reset without restarting the
+server, since further writes to the config database will be rejected.
+.TP
+.B olcRequires: <conditions>
+Specify a set of conditions to require (default none).
+The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database;
+databases inherit global conditions, so per-database specifications
+are additive.
+.B bind
+requires bind operation prior to directory operations.
+.B LDAPv3
+requires session to be using LDAP version 3.
+.B authc
+requires authentication prior to directory operations.
+.B SASL
+requires SASL authentication prior to directory operations.
+.B strong
+requires strong authentication prior to directory operations.
+The strong keyword allows protected "simple" authentication
+as well as SASL authentication.
+.B none
+may be used to require no conditions (useful to clear out globally
+set conditions within a particular database); it must occur first
+in the list of conditions.
+.TP
+.B olcRestrict: <oplist>
+Specify a list of operations that are restricted.
+Restrictions on a specific database override any frontend setting.
+Operations can be any of
+.BR add ,
+.BR bind ,
+.BR compare ,
+.BR delete ,
+.BR extended[=<OID>] ,
+.BR modify ,
+.BR rename ,
+.BR search ,
+or the special pseudo-operations
+.B read
+and
+.BR write ,
+which respectively summarize read and write operations.
+The use of
+.I restrict write
+is equivalent to
+.I olcReadOnly: TRUE
+(see above).
+The
+.B extended
+keyword allows one to indicate the OID of the specific operation
+to be restricted.
+.TP
+.B olcSchemaDN: <dn>
+Specify the distinguished name for the subschema subentry that
+controls the entries on this server. The default is "cn=Subschema".
+.TP
+.B olcSecurity: <factors>
+Specify a set of security strength factors (separated by white space)
+to require (see
+.BR olcSaslSecprops 's
+.B minssf
+option for a description of security strength factors).
+The directive may be specified globally and/or per-database.
+.B ssf=<n>
+specifies the overall security strength factor.
+.B transport=<n>
+specifies the transport security strength factor.
+.B tls=<n>
+specifies the TLS security strength factor.
+.B sasl=<n>
+specifies the SASL security strength factor.
+.B update_ssf=<n>
+specifies the overall security strength factor to require for
+directory updates.
+.B update_transport=<n>
+specifies the transport security strength factor to require for
+directory updates.
+.B update_tls=<n>
+specifies the TLS security strength factor to require for
+directory updates.
+.B update_sasl=<n>
+specifies the SASL security strength factor to require for
+directory updates.
+.B simple_bind=<n>
+specifies the security strength factor required for
+.I simple
+username/password authentication.
+Note that the
+.B transport
+factor is measure of security provided by the underlying transport,
+e.g. ldapi:// (and eventually IPSEC). It is not normally used.
+.TP
+.B olcSizeLimit: {<integer>|unlimited}
+.TP
+.B olcSizeLimit: size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> [...]
+Specify the maximum number of entries to return from a search operation.
+The default size limit is 500.
+Use
+.B unlimited
+to specify no limits.
+The second format allows a fine grain setting of the size limits.
+Extra args can be added in the same value or as additional values.
+See
+.BR olcLimits
+for an explanation of the different flags.
+.TP
+.B olcSortVals: <attr> [...]
+Specify a list of multi-valued attributes whose values will always
+be maintained in sorted order. Using this option will allow Modify,
+Compare, and filter evaluations on these attributes to be performed
+more efficiently. The resulting sort order depends on the
+attributes' syntax and matching rules and may not correspond to
+lexical order or any other recognizable order.
+This setting is only allowed in the frontend entry.
+.TP
+.B olcTimeLimit: {<integer>|unlimited}
+.TP
+.B olcTimeLimit: time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> [...]
+Specify the maximum number of seconds (in real time)
+.B slapd
+will spend answering a search request. The default time limit is 3600.
+Use
+.B unlimited
+to specify no limits.
+The second format allows a fine grain setting of the time limits.
+Extra args can be added in the same value or as additional values.
+See
+.BR olcLimits
+for an explanation of the different flags.
+
+.SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
+Options in this section only apply to the specific database for
+which they are defined. They are supported by every
+type of backend. All of the Global Database Options may also be
+used here.
+.TP
+.B olcAddContentAcl: TRUE | FALSE
+Controls whether Add operations will perform ACL checks on
+the content of the entry being added. This check is off
+by default. See the
+.BR slapd.access (5)
+manual page for more details on ACL requirements for
+Add operations.
+.TP
+.B olcHidden: TRUE | FALSE
+Controls whether the database will be used to answer
+queries. A database that is hidden will never be
+selected to answer any queries, and any suffix configured
+on the database will be ignored in checks for conflicts
+with other databases. By default, olcHidden is FALSE.
+.TP
+.B olcLastMod: TRUE | FALSE
+Controls whether
+.B slapd
+will automatically maintain the
+modifiersName, modifyTimestamp, creatorsName, and
+createTimestamp attributes for entries. It also controls
+the entryCSN and entryUUID attributes, which are needed
+by the syncrepl provider. By default, olcLastMod is TRUE.
+.TP
+.B olcLimits: <selector> <limit> [<limit> [...]]
+Specify time and size limits based on the operation's initiator or
+base DN.
+The argument
+.B <selector>
+can be any of
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+anonymous | users | [<dnspec>=]<pattern> | group[/oc[/at]]=<pattern>
+
+.RE
+with
+.RS
+.TP
+<dnspec> ::= dn[.<type>][.<style>]
+.TP
+<type> ::= self | this
+.TP
+<style> ::= exact | base | onelevel | subtree | children | regex | anonymous
+
+.RE
+DN type
+.B self
+is the default and means the bound user, while
+.B this
+means the base DN of the operation.
+The term
+.B anonymous
+matches all unauthenticated clients.
+The term
+.B users
+matches all authenticated clients;
+otherwise an
+.B exact
+dn pattern is assumed unless otherwise specified by qualifying
+the (optional) key string
+.B dn
+with
+.B exact
+or
+.B base
+(which are synonyms), to require an exact match; with
+.BR onelevel ,
+to require exactly one level of depth match; with
+.BR subtree ,
+to allow any level of depth match, including the exact match; with
+.BR children ,
+to allow any level of depth match, not including the exact match;
+.BR regex
+explicitly requires the (default) match based on POSIX (''extended'')
+regular expression pattern.
+Finally,
+.B anonymous
+matches unbound operations; the
+.B pattern
+field is ignored.
+The same behavior is obtained by using the
+.B anonymous
+form of the
+.B <selector>
+clause.
+The term
+.BR group ,
+with the optional objectClass
+.B oc
+and attributeType
+.B at
+fields, followed by
+.BR pattern ,
+sets the limits for any DN listed in the values of the
+.B at
+attribute (default
+.BR member )
+of the
+.B oc
+group objectClass (default
+.BR groupOfNames )
+whose DN exactly matches
+.BR pattern .
+
+The currently supported limits are
+.B size
+and
+.BR time .
+
+The syntax for time limits is
+.BR time[.{soft|hard}]=<integer> ,
+where
+.I integer
+is the number of seconds slapd will spend answering a search request.
+If no time limit is explicitly requested by the client, the
+.BR soft
+limit is used; if the requested time limit exceeds the
+.BR hard
+.\"limit, an
+.\".I "Administrative limit exceeded"
+.\"error is returned.
+limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
+If the
+.BR hard
+limit is set to the keyword
+.IR soft ,
+the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the keyword
+.IR unlimited ,
+no hard limit is enforced.
+Explicit requests for time limits smaller or equal to the
+.BR hard
+limit are honored.
+If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the
+.BR soft
+limit, and the
+.BR hard
+limit is set to
+.IR soft ,
+to preserve the original behavior.
+
+The syntax for size limits is
+.BR size[.{soft|hard|unchecked}]=<integer> ,
+where
+.I integer
+is the maximum number of entries slapd will return answering a search
+request.
+If no size limit is explicitly requested by the client, the
+.BR soft
+limit is used; if the requested size limit exceeds the
+.BR hard
+.\"limit, an
+.\".I "Administrative limit exceeded"
+.\"error is returned.
+limit, the value of the limit is used instead.
+If the
+.BR hard
+limit is set to the keyword
+.IR soft ,
+the soft limit is used in either case; if it is set to the keyword
+.IR unlimited ,
+no hard limit is enforced.
+Explicit requests for size limits smaller or equal to the
+.BR hard
+limit are honored.
+The
+.BR unchecked
+specifier sets a limit on the number of candidates a search request is allowed
+to examine.
+The rationale behind it is that searches for non-properly indexed
+attributes may result in large sets of candidates, which must be
+examined by
+.BR slapd (8)
+to determine whether they match the search filter or not.
+The
+.B unchecked
+limit provides a means to drop such operations before they are even
+started.
+If the selected candidates exceed the
+.BR unchecked
+limit, the search will abort with
+.IR "Unwilling to perform" .
+If it is set to the keyword
+.IR unlimited ,
+no limit is applied (the default).
+If it is set to
+.IR disable ,
+the search is not even performed; this can be used to disallow searches
+for a specific set of users.
+If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the
+.BR soft
+limit, and the
+.BR hard
+limit is set to
+.IR soft ,
+to preserve the original behavior.
+
+In case of no match, the global limits are used.
+The default values are the same as for
+.B olcSizeLimit
+and
+.BR olcTimeLimit ;
+no limit is set on
+.BR unchecked .
+
+If
+.B pagedResults
+control is requested, the
+.B hard
+size limit is used by default, because the request of a specific page size
+is considered an explicit request for a limitation on the number
+of entries to be returned.
+However, the size limit applies to the total count of entries returned within
+the search, and not to a single page.
+Additional size limits may be enforced; the syntax is
+.BR size.pr={<integer>|noEstimate|unlimited} ,
+where
+.I integer
+is the max page size if no explicit limit is set; the keyword
+.I noEstimate
+inhibits the server from returning an estimate of the total number
+of entries that might be returned
+(note: the current implementation does not return any estimate).
+The keyword
+.I unlimited
+indicates that no limit is applied to the pagedResults control page size.
+The syntax
+.B size.prtotal={<integer>|unlimited|disabled}
+allows one to set a limit on the total number of entries that the pagedResults
+control will return.
+By default it is set to the
+.B hard
+limit.
+When set,
+.I integer
+is the max number of entries that the whole search with pagedResults control
+can return.
+Use
+.I unlimited
+to allow unlimited number of entries to be returned, e.g. to allow
+the use of the pagedResults control as a means to circumvent size
+limitations on regular searches; the keyword
+.I disabled
+disables the control, i.e. no paged results can be returned.
+Note that the total number of entries returned when the pagedResults control
+is requested cannot exceed the
+.B hard
+size limit of regular searches unless extended by the
+.B prtotal
+switch.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcMaxDerefDepth: <depth>
+Specifies the maximum number of aliases to dereference when trying to
+resolve an entry, used to avoid infinite alias loops. The default is 15.
+.TP
+.B olcMirrorMode: TRUE | FALSE
+This option puts a consumer database into "mirror" mode. Update
+operations will be accepted from any user, not just the updatedn. The
+database must already be configured as syncrepl consumer
+before this keyword may be set. This mode also requires a
+.B olcServerID
+(see above) to be configured.
+By default, this setting is FALSE.
+.TP
+.B olcPlugin: <plugin_type> <lib_path> <init_function> [<arguments>]
+Configure a SLAPI plugin. See the
+.BR slapd.plugin (5)
+manpage for more details.
+.TP
+.B olcRootDN: <dn>
+Specify the distinguished name that is not subject to access control
+or administrative limit restrictions for operations on this database.
+This DN may or may not be associated with an entry. An empty root
+DN (the default) specifies no root access is to be granted. It is
+recommended that the rootdn only be specified when needed (such as
+when initially populating a database). If the rootdn is within
+a namingContext (suffix) of the database, a simple bind password
+may also be provided using the
+.B olcRootPW
+directive. Note that the rootdn is always needed when using syncrepl.
+The
+.B olcRootDN
+of the
+.B cn=config
+database defaults to
+.B cn=config
+itself.
+.TP
+.B olcRootPW: <password>
+Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn. The
+password can only be set if the rootdn is within the namingContext
+(suffix) of the database.
+This option accepts all RFC 2307 userPassword formats known to
+the server (see
+.B olcPasswordHash
+description) as well as cleartext.
+.BR slappasswd (8)
+may be used to generate a hash of a password. Cleartext
+and \fB{CRYPT}\fP passwords are not recommended. If empty
+(the default), authentication of the root DN is by other means
+(e.g. SASL). Use of SASL is encouraged.
+.TP
+.B olcSubordinate: [TRUE | FALSE | advertise]
+Specify that the current backend database is a subordinate of another
+backend database. A subordinate database may have only one suffix. This
+option may be used to glue multiple databases into a single namingContext.
+If the suffix of the current database is within the namingContext of a
+superior database, searches against the superior database will be
+propagated to the subordinate as well. All of the databases
+associated with a single namingContext should have identical rootdns.
+Behavior of other LDAP operations is unaffected by this setting. In
+particular, it is not possible to use moddn to move an entry from
+one subordinate to another subordinate within the namingContext.
+
+If the optional \fBadvertise\fP flag is supplied, the naming context of
+this database is advertised in the root DSE. The default is to hide this
+database context, so that only the superior context is visible.
+
+If the slap tools
+.BR slapcat (8),
+.BR slapadd (8),
+or
+.BR slapindex (8)
+are used on the superior database, any glued subordinates that support
+these tools are opened as well.
+
+Databases that are glued together should usually be configured with the
+same indices (assuming they support indexing), even for attributes that
+only exist in some of these databases. In general, all of the glued
+databases should be configured as similarly as possible, since the intent
+is to provide the appearance of a single directory.
+
+Note that the subordinate functionality is implemented internally
+by the \fIglue\fP overlay and as such its behavior will interact with other
+overlays in use. By default, the glue overlay is automatically configured as
+the last overlay on the superior database. Its position on the database
+can be explicitly configured by setting an \fBoverlay glue\fP directive
+at the desired position. This explicit configuration is necessary e.g.
+when using the \fIsyncprov\fP overlay, which needs to follow \fIglue\fP
+in order to work over all of the glued databases. E.g.
+.RS
+.nf
+ dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
+ olcSuffix: dc=example,dc=com
+ ...
+
+ dn: olcOverlay={0}glue,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
+ ...
+
+ dn: olcOverlay={1}syncprov,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
+ ...
+.fi
+.RE
+See the Overlays section below for more details.
+.TP
+.B olcSuffix: <dn suffix>
+Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to this
+backend database. Multiple suffix lines can be given and at least one is
+required for each database definition.
+
+If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of another, the database
+with the inner suffix must come first in the configuration file.
+You may also want to glue such databases together with the
+.B olcSubordinate
+attribute.
+.TP
+.B olcSyncUseSubentry: TRUE | FALSE
+Store the syncrepl contextCSN in a subentry instead of the context entry
+of the database. The subentry's RDN will be "cn=ldapsync". The default is
+FALSE, meaning the contextCSN is stored in the context entry.
+.HP
+.hy 0
+.B olcSyncrepl: rid=<replica ID>
+.B provider=ldap[s]://<hostname>[:port]
+.B searchbase=<base DN>
+.B [type=refreshOnly|refreshAndPersist]
+.B [interval=dd:hh:mm:ss]
+.B [retry=[<retry interval> <# of retries>]+]
+.B [filter=<filter str>]
+.B [scope=sub|one|base|subord]
+.B [attrs=<attr list>]
+.B [exattrs=<attr list>]
+.B [attrsonly]
+.B [sizelimit=<limit>]
+.B [timelimit=<limit>]
+.B [schemachecking=on|off]
+.B [network\-timeout=<seconds>]
+.B [timeout=<seconds>]
+.B [bindmethod=simple|sasl]
+.B [binddn=<dn>]
+.B [saslmech=<mech>]
+.B [authcid=<identity>]
+.B [authzid=<identity>]
+.B [credentials=<passwd>]
+.B [realm=<realm>]
+.B [secprops=<properties>]
+.B [keepalive=<idle>:<probes>:<interval>]
+.B [starttls=yes|critical]
+.B [tls_cert=<file>]
+.B [tls_key=<file>]
+.B [tls_cacert=<file>]
+.B [tls_cacertdir=<path>]
+.B [tls_reqcert=never|allow|try|demand]
+.B [tls_reqsan=never|allow|try|demand]
+.B [tls_cipher_suite=<ciphers>]
+.B [tls_ecname=<names>]
+.B [tls_crlcheck=none|peer|all]
+.B [tls_protocol_min=<major>[.<minor>]]
+.B [suffixmassage=<real DN>]
+.B [logbase=<base DN>]
+.B [logfilter=<filter str>]
+.B [syncdata=default|accesslog|changelog]
+.RS
+Specify the current database as a consumer which is kept up-to-date with the
+provider content by establishing the current
+.BR slapd (8)
+as a replication consumer site running a
+.B syncrepl
+replication engine.
+The consumer content is kept synchronized to the provider content using
+the LDAP Content Synchronization protocol. Refer to the
+"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for detailed information on
+setting up a replicated
+.B slapd
+directory service using the
+.B syncrepl
+replication engine.
+
+.B rid
+identifies the current
+.B syncrepl
+directive within the replication consumer site.
+It is a non-negative integer having no more than three decimal digits.
+
+.B provider
+specifies the replication provider site containing the provider content
+as an LDAP URI. If <port> is not given, the standard LDAP port number
+(389 or 636) is used.
+
+The content of the
+.B syncrepl
+consumer is defined using a search
+specification as its result set. The consumer
+.B slapd
+will send search requests to the provider
+.B slapd
+according to the search specification. The search specification includes
+.B searchbase, scope, filter, attrs, attrsonly, sizelimit,
+and
+.B timelimit
+parameters as in the normal search specification. The
+.B exattrs
+option may also be used to specify attributes that should be omitted
+from incoming entries.
+The \fBscope\fP defaults to \fBsub\fP, the \fBfilter\fP defaults to
+\fB(objectclass=*)\fP, and there is no default \fBsearchbase\fP. The
+\fBattrs\fP list defaults to \fB"*,+"\fP to return all user and operational
+attributes, and \fBattrsonly\fP and \fBexattrs\fP are unset by default.
+The \fBsizelimit\fP and \fBtimelimit\fP only
+accept "unlimited" and positive integers, and both default to "unlimited".
+Note, however, that any provider-side limits for the replication identity
+will be enforced by the provider regardless of the limits requested
+by the LDAP Content Synchronization operation, much like for any other
+search operation.
+
+The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two operation types.
+In the
+.B refreshOnly
+operation, the next synchronization search operation
+is periodically rescheduled at an interval time (specified by
+.B interval
+parameter; 1 day by default)
+after each synchronization operation finishes.
+In the
+.B refreshAndPersist
+operation, a synchronization search remains persistent in the provider slapd.
+Further updates to the provider will generate
+.B searchResultEntry
+to the consumer slapd as the search responses to the persistent
+synchronization search. If the initial search fails due to an error, the
+next synchronization search operation is periodically rescheduled at an
+interval time (specified by
+.B interval
+parameter; 1 day by default)
+
+If an error occurs during replication, the consumer will attempt to
+reconnect according to the
+.B retry
+parameter which is a list of the <retry interval> and <# of retries> pairs.
+For example, retry="60 10 300 3" lets the consumer retry every 60 seconds
+for the first 10 times and then retry every 300 seconds for the next 3
+times before stop retrying. The `+' in <# of retries> means indefinite
+number of retries until success.
+
+The schema checking can be enforced at the LDAP Sync
+consumer site by turning on the
+.B schemachecking
+parameter. The default is off.
+
+The
+.B network\-timeout
+parameter sets how long the consumer will wait to establish a
+network connection to the provider. Once a connection is
+established, the
+.B timeout
+parameter determines how long the consumer will wait for the initial
+Bind request to complete. The defaults for these parameters come
+from
+.BR ldap.conf (5).
+
+A
+.B bindmethod
+of
+.B simple
+requires the options
+.B binddn
+and
+.B credentials
+and should only be used when adequate security services
+(e.g. TLS or IPSEC) are in place.
+A
+.B bindmethod
+of
+.B sasl
+requires the option
+.B saslmech.
+Depending on the mechanism, an authentication identity and/or
+credentials can be specified using
+.B authcid
+and
+.B credentials.
+The
+.B authzid
+parameter may be used to specify an authorization identity.
+Specific security properties (as with the
+.B sasl\-secprops
+keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
+.B secprops
+option. A non default SASL realm can be set with the
+.B realm
+option.
+The provider, other than allow authentication of the syncrepl identity,
+should grant that identity appropriate access privileges to the data
+that is being replicated (\fBaccess\fP directive), and appropriate time
+and size limits (\fBlimits\fP directive).
+
+The
+.B keepalive
+parameter sets the values of \fIidle\fP, \fIprobes\fP, and \fIinterval\fP
+used to check whether a socket is alive;
+.I idle
+is the number of seconds a connection needs to remain idle before TCP
+starts sending keepalive probes;
+.I probes
+is the maximum number of keepalive probes TCP should send before dropping
+the connection;
+.I interval
+is interval in seconds between individual keepalive probes.
+Only some systems support the customization of these values;
+the
+.B keepalive
+parameter is ignored otherwise, and system-wide settings are used.
+
+The
+.B starttls
+parameter specifies use of the StartTLS extended operation
+to establish a TLS session before Binding to the provider. If the
+.B critical
+argument is supplied, the session will be aborted if the StartTLS request
+fails. Otherwise the syncrepl session continues without TLS. The
+.B tls_reqcert
+setting defaults to "demand", the
+.B tls_reqsan
+setting defaults to "allow", and the other TLS settings default to the same
+as the main slapd TLS settings.
+
+The
+.B suffixmassage
+parameter allows the consumer to pull entries from a remote directory
+whose DN suffix differs from the local directory. The portion of the
+remote entries' DNs that matches the \fIsearchbase\fP will be replaced
+with the suffixmassage DN.
+
+Rather than replicating whole entries, the consumer can query logs of
+data modifications. This mode of operation is referred to as \fIdelta
+syncrepl\fP. In addition to the above parameters, the
+.B logbase
+and
+.B logfilter
+parameters must be set appropriately for the log that will be used. The
+.B syncdata
+parameter must be set to either "accesslog" if the log conforms to the
+.BR slapo\-accesslog (5)
+log format, or "changelog" if the log conforms
+to the obsolete \fIchangelog\fP format. If the
+.B syncdata
+parameter is omitted or set to "default" then the log parameters are
+ignored.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B olcUpdateDN: <dn>
+This option is only applicable in a replica
+database.
+It specifies the DN permitted to update (subject to access controls)
+the replica. It is only needed in certain push-mode
+replication scenarios. Generally, this DN
+.I should not
+be the same as the
+.B rootdn
+used at the provider.
+.TP
+.B olcUpdateRef: <url>
+Specify the referral to pass back when
+.BR slapd (8)
+is asked to modify a replicated local database.
+If multiple values are specified, each url is provided.
+
+.SH DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
+Each database may allow specific configuration options; they are
+documented separately in the backends' manual pages. See the
+.BR slapd.backends (5)
+manual page for an overview of available backends.
+.SH OVERLAYS
+An overlay is a piece of
+code that intercepts database operations in order to extend or change
+them. Overlays are pushed onto
+a stack over the database, and so they will execute in the reverse
+of the order in which they were configured and the database itself
+will receive control last of all.
+
+Overlays must be configured as child entries of a specific database. The
+entry's RDN must be of the form
+.B olcOverlay={x}<overlaytype>
+and the entry must have the olcOverlayConfig objectClass. Normally the
+config engine generates the "{x}" index in the RDN automatically, so
+it can be omitted when initially loading these entries.
+
+See the
+.BR slapd.overlays (5)
+manual page for an overview of available overlays.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.LP
+Here is a short example of a configuration in LDIF suitable for use with
+.BR slapadd (8)
+:
+.LP
+.RS
+.nf
+dn: cn=config
+objectClass: olcGlobal
+cn: config
+olcPidFile: LOCALSTATEDIR/run/slapd.pid
+olcAttributeOptions: x\-hidden lang\-
+
+dn: cn=schema,cn=config
+objectClass: olcSchemaConfig
+cn: schema
+
+include: file://SYSCONFDIR/schema/core.ldif
+
+dn: olcDatabase=frontend,cn=config
+objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+objectClass: olcFrontendConfig
+olcDatabase: frontend
+# Subtypes of "name" (e.g. "cn" and "ou") with the
+# option ";x\-hidden" can be searched for/compared,
+# but are not shown. See \fBslapd.access\fP(5).
+olcAccess: to attrs=name;x\-hidden by * =cs
+# Protect passwords. See \fBslapd.access\fP(5).
+olcAccess: to attrs=userPassword by * auth
+# Read access to other attributes and entries.
+olcAccess: to * by * read
+
+# set a rootpw for the config database so we can bind.
+# deny access to everyone else.
+dn: olcDatabase=config,cn=config
+objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+olcDatabase: config
+olcRootPW: {SSHA}XKYnrjvGT3wZFQrDD5040US592LxsdLy
+olcAccess: to * by * none
+
+dn: olcDatabase=bdb,cn=config
+objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+objectClass: olcBdbConfig
+olcDatabase: bdb
+olcSuffix: "dc=our\-domain,dc=com"
+# The database directory MUST exist prior to
+# running slapd AND should only be accessible
+# by the slapd/tools. Mode 0700 recommended.
+olcDbDirectory: LOCALSTATEDIR/openldap\-data
+# Indices to maintain
+olcDbIndex: objectClass eq
+olcDbIndex: cn,sn,mail pres,eq,approx,sub
+
+# We serve small clients that do not handle referrals,
+# so handle remote lookups on their behalf.
+dn: olcDatabase=ldap,cn=config
+objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+objectClass: olcLdapConfig
+olcDatabase: ldap
+olcSuffix: ""
+olcDbUri: ldap://ldap.some\-server.com/
+.fi
+.RE
+.LP
+Assuming the above data was saved in a file named "config.ldif" and the
+ETCDIR/slapd.d directory has been created, this command will initialize
+the configuration:
+.RS
+.nf
+slapadd \-F ETCDIR/slapd.d \-n 0 \-l config.ldif
+.fi
+.RE
+
+.LP
+"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" contains a longer annotated
+example of a slapd configuration.
+
+Alternatively, an existing slapd.conf file can be converted to the new
+format using slapd or any of the slap tools:
+.RS
+.nf
+slaptest \-f ETCDIR/slapd.conf \-F ETCDIR/slapd.d
+.fi
+.RE
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+ETCDIR/slapd.conf
+default slapd configuration file
+.TP
+ETCDIR/slapd.d
+default slapd configuration directory
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ldap (3),
+.BR ldif (5),
+.BR gnutls\-cli (1),
+.BR slapd.access (5),
+.BR slapd.backends (5),
+.BR slapd.conf (5),
+.BR slapd.overlays (5),
+.BR slapd.plugin (5),
+.BR slapd (8),
+.BR slapacl (8),
+.BR slapadd (8),
+.BR slapauth (8),
+.BR slapcat (8),
+.BR slapdn (8),
+.BR slapindex (8),
+.BR slappasswd (8),
+.BR slaptest (8).
+.LP
+"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
+.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+.so ../Project