slapd-shell(5)

NAME

       slapd-shell - Shell backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  Shell  backend to slapd(8) executes external programs to implement
       operations, and is designed to make it easy to tie an existing database
       to the slapd front-end.

       This backend is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.

WARNING

       The abandon shell command has been removed since OpenLDAP 2.1.

CONFIGURATION

       These slapd.conf options apply to the SHELL backend database.  That is,
       they must follow a "database shell" line and come before any subsequent
       "backend" or "database" lines.  Other database options are described in
       the slapd.conf(5) manual page.

       These options specify the pathname and arguments of the program to exe-
       cute  in response to the given LDAP operation.  Each option is followed
       by the input lines that the program receives:

       add <pathname> <argument>...
              ADD
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              <entry in LDIF format>

       bind <pathname> <argument>...
              BIND
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <DN>
              method: <method number>
              credlen: <length of <credentials>>
              cred: <credentials>

       compare <pathname> <argument>...
              COMPARE
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <DN>
              <attribute>: <value>

       delete <pathname> <argument>...
              DELETE
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <DN>

       modify <pathname> <argument>...
              MODIFY
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <DN>
              <repeat {
                  <"add"/"delete"/"replace">: <attribute>
                  <repeat { <attribute>: <value> }>
                  -
              }>

       modrdn <pathname> <argument>...
              MODRDN
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <DN>
              newrdn: <new RDN>
              deleteoldrdn: <0 or 1>
              <if new superior is specified: "newSuperior: <DN>">

       search <pathname> <argument>...
              SEARCH
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              base: <base DN>
              scope: <0-2, see ldap.h>
              deref: <0-3, see ldap.h>
              sizelimit: <size limit>
              timelimit: <time limit>
              filter: <filter>
              attrsonly: <0 or 1>
              attrs: <"all" or space-separated attribute list>

       unbind <pathname> <argument>...
              UNBIND
              msgid: <message id>
              <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
              dn: <bound DN>

       Note that you need only supply configuration lines for  those  commands
       you  want the backend to handle.  Operations for which a command is not
       supplied will be refused with an "unwilling to perform" error.

       The search command should output the entries in LDIF format, each entry
       followed by a blank line, and after these the RESULT below.

       All commands except unbind should then output:
              RESULT
              code: <integer>
              matched: <matched DN>
              info: <text>
       where  only  the  RESULT line is mandatory.  Lines starting with `#' or
       `DEBUG:' are ignored.

ACCESS CONTROL

       The shell backend does not honor all  ACL  semantics  as  described  in
       slapd.access(5).   In  general, access to objects is checked by using a
       dummy object that contains only the DN, so access rules  that  rely  on
       the contents of the object are not honored.  In detail:

       The  add  operation  does not require write (=w) access to the children
       pseudo-attribute of the parent entry.

       The bind operation requires auth  (=x)  access  to  the  entry  pseudo-
       attribute  of  the  entry  whose  identity is being assessed; auth (=x)
       access to the credentials is not checked, but rather delegated  to  the
       underlying shell script.

       The  compare  operation requires read (=r) access (FIXME: wouldn't com-
       pare (=c) be a more appropriate choice?)  to the entry pseudo-attribute
       of the object whose value is being asserted; compare (=c) access to the
       attribute whose value is being asserted is not checked.

       The delete operation does not require write (=w) access to the children
       pseudo-attribute of the parent entry.

       The  modify  operation  requires write (=w) access to the entry pseudo-
       attribute; write (=w) access to the specific attributes that are  modi-
       fied is not checked.

       The modrdn operation does not require write (=w) access to the children
       pseudo-attribute of the parent entry, nor to that of the new parent, if
       different;  write (=w) access to the distinguished values of the naming
       attributes is not checked.

       The search operation does not require search (=s) access to  the  entry
       pseudo_attribute   of   the  searchBase;  search  (=s)  access  to  the
       attributes and values used in the filter is not checked.

EXAMPLE

       There is an example search script in the slapd/back-shell/ directory in
       the OpenLDAP source tree.

LIMITATIONS

       The  shell  backend does not support threaded environments.  When using
       the shell backend, slapd(8) should be built --without-threads.

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

       slapd.conf(5), slapd(8), sh(1).

OpenLDAP 2.4.36                   2013/08/17                    SLAPD-SHELL(5)