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slapd.plugin(5)


NAME

   slapd.plugin  -  plugin  configuration  for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP
   daemon

SYNOPSIS

   /etc/ldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

   The slapd.conf(5)  file  contains  configuration  information  for  the
   slapd(8)  daemon.  This  configuration  file  is also used by the SLAPD
   tools slapadd(8), slapcat(8), and slapindex(8).

   The slapd.conf file  consists  of  a  series  of  global  configuration
   options  that  apply  to  slapd  as  a  whole (including all backends),
   followed by zero or more  database  backend  definitions  that  contain
   information specific to a backend instance.

   The general format of slapd.conf is as follows:

       # comment - these options apply to every database
       <global configuration options>
       # first database definition & configuration options
       database    <backend 1 type>
       <configuration options specific to backend 1>
       # subsequent database definitions & configuration options
       ...

   If slapd is compiled with --enable-slapi, support for plugins according
   to Netscape's Directory Server Plug-Ins.   Version  4  of  the  API  is
   currently implemented, with some extensions from version 5.

   Both  global and database specific data may contain plugin information.
   Plugins associated with a specific database are  called  before  global
   plugins.   This  manpage  details the slapd(8) configuration statements
   that affect the loading of SLAPI plugins.

   Arguments that should be replaced by actual text are shown in  brackets
   <>.

   The structure of the plugin directives is

   plugin <type> <lib_path> <init_function> [<arguments>]
          Load a plugin of the specified type for the current database.

   The  <type>  can  be  one  of  preoperation,  that  is  executed before
   processing the operation for  the  specified  database,  postoperation,
   that  is  executed  after  the operation for the specified database has
   been processed, extendedop, that is used  when  executing  an  extended
   operation,  or object.  The latter is used for miscellaneous types such
   as ACL, computed attribute and search filter rewriter plugins.

   The <libpath> argument  specifies  the  path  to  the  plugin  loadable
   object; if a relative path is given, the object is looked for according
   to the underlying dynamic loading package (libtool's ltdl is used).

   The <init_function> argument specifies what symbol must be called  when
   the  plugin  is  first  loaded.   This  function  should  register  the
   functions provided by the plugin for the desired operations. It  should
   be  noted  that it is this init function, not the plugin type specified
   as the first argument, that determines when and for what operations the
   plugin will be invoked.  The optional <arguments> list is passed to the
   init function.

   pluginlog <file>
          Specify an alternative path for the plugin log file (default  is
          /var/errors).

   modulepath <pathspec>
          This  statement  sets  the  module  load  path  for  dynamically
          loadable backends, as described in slapd.conf(5); however, since
          both the dynamically loadable backends and the SLAPI plugins use
          the same underlying library  (libtool's  ltdl)  its  value  also
          affects  the  plugin search path.  In general the search path is
          made of colon-separated paths; usually the user-defined path  is
          searched   first;   then  the  value  of  the  LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH
          environment variable, if defined, is used; finally, the  system-
          specific dynamic load path is attempted (e.g. on Linux the value
          of the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH).  Please  carefully
          read  the  documentation  of  ltdl  because its behavior is very
          platform dependent.

FILES

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

   /var/errors
          default plugin log file

SEE ALSO

   slapd(8),

   "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

   OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The  OpenLDAP  Project
   <http://www.openldap.org/>.    OpenLDAP   Software   is   derived  from
   University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



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