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NAME

       nss_ldap - LDAP nameservice provider

DESCRIPTION

       The nss_ldap module is a set of C library extensions which allows X.500 and LDAP directory
       servers to be used as  a  primary  source  of  name  service  information.  (Name  service
       information  typically  includes  users,  hosts,  groups, and other such data historically
       stored in flat files or NIS.)

       Features of the PADL nss_ldap module include support for both the RFC 2307 and RFC 2307bis
       schema,  a  common  implementation  across  multiple platforms, Kerberos and SSL security,
       configurable schema mapping, and configuration file  compatibility  with  the  pam_ldap(5)
       module.

       Because  LDAP is a hierarchical directory service, one can distribute the information in a
       manner which reflects organizational structure.  This  contrasts  with  the  flat,  single
       domain  policy  of NIS. LDAP has many of the advantages of NIS+ (security and scalability)
       without the complexity.

       nss_ldap will work alongside existing NIS, NIS+, DNS and flat  file  name  services.  More
       importantly,  because  it builds as a shared library, it is not necessary to recompile any
       applications to take advantage of LDAP.

       The present version of nss_ldap supports AIX 4.3.3 and  above,  FreeBSD  5.1,  HP-UX  11i,
       Linux  and  Solaris  2.6  and  above.  Many  vendors  provide  their  own LDAP nameservice
       providers, often also called nss_ldap. This manual  page  applies  to  the  PADL  nss_ldap
       module only. If you are using a vendor provided module, consult the relevant documentation
       instead.

       The features supported by the version of nss_ldap depend on which flags were enabled  when
       the  software  was  built.  Most features are enabled in the configuration file, described
       below. (The location of the configuration  file  is  configurable  at  compile  time;  the
       default  path  is  /etc/ldap.conf.)   Also,  some  features  may be unavailable on certain
       operating systems or with certain LDAP  libraries.  For  more  information,  consult  your
       vendor.

CONFIGURATION

       nss_ldap  stores  its  configuration  in  the  ldap.conf  file,  the  location of which is
       configurable at compile time.  (It should be noted that some LDAP client  libraries,  such
       as  OpenLDAP,  also  use a configuration file of the same name.  nss_ldap supports many of
       the same configuration file options as OpenLDAP, but it adds several that are specific  to
       the  functionality  it  provides.   Additionally,  it is not guaranteed that nss_ldap will
       continue to match the configuration file semantics of  OpenLDAP.   You  may  wish  to  use
       different files.)

       Configuration file options consist of a keyword followed by a space and any arguments. The
       following options are supported by both nss_ldap and the PADL pam_ldap module:

       host <name:port ...>
              Specifies the name(s) or IP address(es) of the LDAP server(s) to connect to. In the
              case  that  nss_ldap  is  used  for  host  name  resolution,  each server should be
              specified as an IP address or  name  that  can  be  resolved  without  using  LDAP.
              Multiple  servers  may  be specified, each separated by a space.  The failover time
              depends on whether the LDAP client library supports configurable network or connect
              timeouts (see bind_timelimit below).

       base <base>
              Specifies the default base distinguished name (DN) to use for searches.

       uri <ldap[is]://[name[:port]] ...>
              For  LDAP  client  libraries  that  support  it,  specifies  the URI(s) of the LDAP
              server(s) to connect to. The URI scheme may be ldap, ldapi,  or  ldaps,  specifying
              LDAP  over  TCP,  IPC  and  SSL  respectively.  If applicable, a port number can be
              specified; the default port number for the selected protocol is  used  if  omitted.
              This  option  takes  precedence over the host option; it is not possible to combine
              the two.

       ldap_version <version>
              Specifies the version of the LDAP protocol to use. Presently version must be  2  or
              3. The default is to use the maximum version supported by the client library.

       binddn <binddn>
              Specifies  the  distinguished  name  with which to bind to the directory server(s).
              This option is optional; the default is to bind anonymously.

       bindpw <bindpw>
              Specifies the cleartext credentials  with  which  to  bind.  This  option  is  only
              applicable  when  used  with  binddn above. The default is no credential (anonymous
              bind). When binding to the directory using SASL or other authentication  mechanisms
              apart from simple binds, this option is not used.

       rootbinddn <binddn>
              This  option  has  the same syntax and effect as the binddn option above, except it
              applies when the effective user ID is zero. If not  specified,  then  the  identity
              specified in binddn is used instead. Because the configuration file may be readable
              by many users, the root bind DN credentials are  stored  in  the  ldap.secret  file
              instead. This file is usually in the same directory as the configuration file.

       port <port>
              Specifies  the port to connect to; this option is used with the host option, and is
              ignored with the uri option.

       scope <sub|one|base>
              Specifies the search scope (subtree, one level or base object). The  default  scope
              is subtree; base scope is almost never useful for nameservice lookups.

       deref <never|searching|finding|always>
              Specifies  the  policy  for  dereferencing  aliases. The default policy is to never
              dereference aliases.

       timelimit <timelimit>
              Specifies the time limit (in seconds) to use when performing searches. A  value  of
              zero  (0),  which  is  the  default,  is  to  wait  indefinitely for searches to be
              completed.

       bind_timelimit <timelimit>
              Specifies the time limit (in seconds) to  use  when  connecting  to  the  directory
              server. This is distinct from the time limit specified in timelimit and affects the
              initial server connection only. (Server connections  are  otherwise  cached.)  Only
              some  LDAP  client libraries have the underlying functionality necessary to support
              this option. The default bind timelimit is 30 seconds.

       referrals <yes|no>
              Specifies whether  automatic  referral  chasing  should  be  enabled.  The  default
              behaviour is specifed by the LDAP client library.

       restart <yes|no>
              Specifies whether the LDAP client library should restart the  select(2) system call
              when interrupted. This feature is not supported by all client libraries.

       logdir <directory>
              Specifies the directory used for logging by the LDAP client library.  This  feature
              is not supported by all client libraries.

       debug <level>
              Specifies the debug level used for logging by the LDAP client library. This feature
              is not supported by all client libraries, and does not apply to  the  nss_ldap  and
              pam_ldap  modules  themselves  (debugging,  if  any,  is  configured separately and
              usually at compile time).

       ssl <on|off|start_tls>
              Specifies whether to use SSL/TLS or not (the default is not to).  If  start_tls  is
              specified then StartTLS is used rather than raw LDAP over SSL.  Not all LDAP client
              libraries support both SSL and StartTLS, and all related configuration options.

       sslpath <cert7_path>
              For the Netscape and Mozilla LDAP client libraries only, this specifies the path to
              the X.509 certificate database.

       tls_checkpeer <yes|no>
              Specifies  whether  to require and verify the server certificate or not, when using
              SSL/TLS with the OpenLDAP client library.   The  default  is  to  use  the  default
              behaviour  of  the  client  library;  for  OpenLDAP 2.0 and earlier it is "no", for
              OpenLDAP  2.1  and  later  it  is  "yes".  At  least  one  of   tls_cacertdir   and
              tls_cacertfile is required if peer verification is enabled.

       tls_cacertdir <certificate_dir>
              Specifies the directory containing X.509 certificates for peer authentication.

       tls_cacertfile <certificate_file>
              Specifies the path to the X.509 certificate for peer authentication.

       tls_randfile <entropy_file>
              Specifies the path to an entropy source.

       tls_ciphers <ciphers>
              Specifies  the  ciphers to use for TLS. See your TLS implementation's documentation
              for further information.

       tls_cert <certificate_file>
              Specifies the path to the file containing the  local  certificate  for  client  TLS
              authentication.

       tls_key <key_file>
              Specifies  the  path  to  the  file  containing  the  private  key  for  client TLS
              authentication.

       The following configuration options apply to nss_ldap only:

       bind_policy <hard_open|hard_init|soft>
              Specifies the policy to use for reconnecting to an  unavailable  LDAP  server.  The
              default  is  hard_open, which reconnects if opening the connection to the directory
              server failed. By contrast, hard_init reconnects  if  initializing  the  connection
              failed.  Initializing  may  not  actually  contact  the directory server, and it is
              possible that a malformed configuration file will trigger reconnection. If soft  is
              specified,  then  nss_ldap  will  return  immediately on server failure. All "hard"
              reconnect policies block with exponential backoff before retrying.

       nss_connect_policy <persist|oneshot>
              Determines whether nss_ldap persists connections. The default is for the connection
              to the LDAP server to remain open after the first request.

       idle_timelimit <timelimit>
              Specifies  the time (in seconds) after which nss_ldap will close connections to the
              directory server. The default is not to time out connections.

       sasl_authid <authid>
              Specifies  the  authorization  identity   to   be   used   when   performing   SASL
              authentication.

       rootsasl_auth_id <authid>
              Specifies the authorization identity to be used when performing SASL authentication
              as root (when the effective user ID is zero).

       sasl_secprops <properties>
              Specifies Cyrus SASL security properties. Allowed values  are  described  in  the
              ldap.conf(5) manual page.

       rootuse_sasl <yes|no>
              Specifies  whether SASL authentication should be used when the effective user ID is
              zero.

       krb5_ccname <PREFIX:args>
              If nss_ldap is built with configurable  GSS-API  credentials  cache  name  support,
              specifies the Kerberos credentials cache to use.

       nss_paged_results <yes|no>
               Enables support for paged results.

       pagesize <pagesize>
              When  paged  results  are  enabled  (see above), specifies the number of entries to
              return in a single page. The default is 1000.

       nss_base_<map> <basedn?scope?filter>
              Specify the search base, scope and filter to be used for specific maps. (Note  that
              map  forms  part  of  the  configuration file keyword and is one of passwd, shadow,
              group, hosts, services, networks, protocols,  rpc,  ethers,  netmasks,  bootparams,
              aliases  and  netgroup.)   The  syntax  of basedn and scope are the same as for the
              configuration file options of the same name, with the addition  of  being  able  to
              omit  the  trailing suffix of the base DN (in which case the global base DN will be
              appended instead).  The filter is a search filter to be added to the default search
              filter  for  a  specific  map,  such  that  the  effective  filter  is  the logical
              intersection of the two. The base DN, scope and filter are separated  with  literal
              question  marks  (?)  as  given  above;  this  is  for  compatibility  with the DUA
              configuration profile schema and the ldapprofile tool. This option may be specified
              multiple times.

       nss_map_attribute <from_attribute> <to_attribute>
              This  option  may  be  specified  multiple  times,  and directs nss_ldap to use the
              attribute to_attribute instead of the RFC  2307  attribute  from_attribute  in  all
              lookups.  If nss_ldap was built without schema mapping support, then this option is
              ignored.

       nss_map_objectclass <from_objectclass> <to_objectclass>
              This option may be specified multiple times, and directs nss_ldap to use the object
              class  to_objectclass  instead of the RFC 2307 object class from_objectclass in all
              lookups.  If nss_ldap was built without schema mapping support, then this option is
              ignored.

       nss_default_attribute_value <attribute> <value>
              Specifies  the  default value to use for entries that lack the specified attribute.
              This option may be specified multiple times, for different attributes.  If nss_ldap
              was built without schema mapping support, then this option is ignored.

       nss_override_attribute_value <attribute> <value>
              Specifies  a  value  to  use  for  the  specified  attribute  in preference to that
              contained in the actual entry. This option may be  specified  multiple  times,  for
              different  attributes.   If nss_ldap was built without schema mapping support, then
              this option is ignored.

       nss_schema <rfc2307bis|rfc2307>
              If the value of this option is  rfc2307bis then support for the  RFC2307bis  schema
              (distinguished names in groups) will be enabled.

       nss_initgroups <backlink>
              This  option  directs  the  nss_ldap implementation of initgroups(3) to determine a
              user's group membership by reading the memberOf attribute of their directory  entry
              (and  of any nested groups), rather than querying on uniqueMember. This may provide
              increased performance with certain directory servers that  have  peculiar  indexing
              configurations.  If RFC2307bis support is disabled, then this option is ignored.

       nss_initgroups_ignoreusers <user1,user2,...,userN>
              This  option  directs  the  nss_ldap  implementation  of  initgroups(3)  to  return
              NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND if called with a listed users as its argument.

       nss_getgrent_skipmembers <yes|no>
              Specifies whether or not to populate the members list in the  group  structure  for
              group  lookups. If very large groups are present, enabling this option will greatly
              increase perforance, at the cost of some lost functionality. You should  verify  no
              local  applications  rely  on this information before enabling this on a production
              system.

       nss_srv_domain <domain>
              This option determines the DNS domain used for performing SRV lookups.

AUTHOR

       The nss_ldap module was developed by PADL Software Pty Ltd (www.padl.com).

FILES

       /etc/ldap.conf, /etc/ldap.secret, /etc/nsswitch.conf

SEE ALSO

       nsswitch.conf(5)

                                                                                      nss_ldap(5)