NAME

       slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

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

SEE ALSO

       slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5), slapd(8), ldif(5).

AUTHOR

       Eric Stokes