OpenLDAP Software 2.4¶
Preface¶
This document is considered a part of OpenLDAP Software. This document is subject to terms of conditions set forth in OpenLDAP Software Copyright Notices and the OpenLDAP Public License. Complete copies of the notices and associated license can be found in Appendix K and L, respectively.
Portions of OpenLDAP Software and this document may be copyright by other parties and/or subject to additional restrictions. Individual source files should be consulted for additional copyright notices.
Scope of this Document
This document provides a guide for installing OpenLDAP Software on Unix (and UNIX-like) systems. The document is aimed at experienced system administrators with basic understanding of LDAP-based directory services.
This document is meant to be used in conjunction with other openldap information resources provided with the software package and on the project’s internet site (http://www.openldap.org/).
The site makes available a number of resources:
- Document Catalog
- http://www.openldap.org/doc/
- Frequently Asked Questions
- http://www.openldap.org/faq/
- Issue Tracking System
- http://www.openldap.org/its/
- Mailing Lists
- http://www.openldap.org/lists/
- Manual Pages
- http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi
- Software Pages
- http://www.openldap.org/software/
- Support Pages
- http://www.openldap.org/support/
This document is not a complete reference for OpenLDAP software; the manual pages are the definitive documentation. For best results, you should use the manual pages that were installed on your system with your version of OpenLDAP software so that you’re looking at documentation that matches the code. While the OpenLDAP web site also provides the manual pages for convenience, you can not assume that they corresond to the particular version you’re running.
Acknowledgements
The OpenLDAP Project is comprised of a team of volunteers. This document would not be possible without their contribution of time and energy.
The OpenLDAP Project would also like to thank the University of Michigan LDAP Team for building the foundation of LDAP software and information to which OpenLDAP Software is built upon. This document is based upon University of Michigan document: The SLAPD and SLURPD Administrators Guide.
Amendments
Suggested enhancements and corrections to this document should be submitted using the OpenLDAP Issue Tracking System (http://www.openldap.org/its/).
Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction to OpenLDAP Directory Services
- Quick Start
- The Big Picture
- Building and Installing OpenLDAP Software
- Configuring slapd
- Running slapd
- Access Control
- Database Creation and Maintenance Tools
- Backends
- Schema Specification
- Security Considerations
- Using SASL
- Using TLS
- OpenLDAP Software Copyright Notices
- OpenLDAP Public License
- Glossary