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1 perry 1 libnss-ldap.conf
2 !!!libnss-ldap.conf
3 NAME
4 DESCRIPTION
5 PARAMETERS
6 FILES
7 AUTHOR
8 ----
9 !!NAME
10
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12 libnss-ldap.conf - Configuration file for LDAP NSS library
13 !!DESCRIPTION
14
15
16 This file provides configuration information for NSS LDAP
17 library.
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20 Each line in the file is either a comment (indicated with a
21 hash '#') or a directive followed by a parameter. Directives
22 which are not specified in the file are set to their default
23 values.
24 !!PARAMETERS
25
26
27 The recognized directives are as follows: __host__ The
28 LDAP directory server to direct all queries to. Must be
29 resolvable without using LDAP. Can be a hostname or an IP
30 address. If not specified the libraries will attempt to use
31 DNS 'Resource Records' (RR) to find the appropriate
32 host.
33
34
35 __base__
36
37
38 The distinguished name of the search base. If this parameter
39 is omitted it the defaultdomain is used in a fashion
40 specified by RFC2247
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43 Commonly the elements of the domain
44
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46 name prefixed with 'dc='. Example: dc=rage,dc=net. This
47 value is required.
48
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50 __uri__
51
52
53 Another way to specify your LDAP server is to provide an uri
54 with the server name. This allows to use Unix Domain Sockets
55 to connect to a local LDAP Server.
56
57
58 uri ldap://127.0.0.1/
59 uri ldaps://127.0.0.1/
60 uri ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fldapi_sock/
61 Note: %2f encodes the '/' used as directory
62 separator
63
64
65 __ldap_version__
66
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68 LDAP version to use. Valid values are 2 or 3.
69
70
71 __binddn__
72
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74 The distinguished name to bind to the server with. If
75 omitted the library will bind anonymously.
76
77
78 __bindpw__
79
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81 The credentials to bind with. This should only be specified
82 in conjunction with binddn.
83
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85 __rootbinddn__
86
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88 The distinguished name to bind to the server with if the
89 effective user ID is root.
90
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92 Password is stored in /etc/ldap.secret (mode
93 600)
94
95
96 __port__
97
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99 The TCP port to bind to the server with. Defaults to
100 389
101
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103 __scope__
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106 The search scope. Should be one of 'one', 'base', or
107 'sub'.
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110 __timelimit__
111
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113 Timelimit for searches
114
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116 __bind_timelimit__
117
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119 Timelimit for binding to LDAP server.
120
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122 The following parameters are NSS specific. They modify the
123 default behaviour of NSS library. All of these are
124 optional.
125
126
127 __nss_base_XXX__
128
129
130 these parameters control where certain data is found. if you
131 define a filter, it will be
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133
134 example: nss_base_XXX base?scope?filter
135
136
137 you can also omit the suffix, and base DN will be appended
138 to it. This may incur a small performance
139 impact.
140
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142 example: nss_base_passwd ou=People,
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145 Valid parameters are:
146
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148 nss_base_passwd
149 nss_base_shadow
150 nss_base_group
151 nss_base_hosts
152 nss_base_services
153 nss_base_networks
154 nss_base_protocols
155 nss_base_rpc
156 nss_base_ethers
157 nss_base_netmasks
158 nss_base_bootparams
159 nss_base_aliases
160 nss_base_netgroup
161 !!FILES
162
163
164 /etc/libnss-ldap.conf
165 !!AUTHOR
166
167
168 Software by Luke Howard
169 ----
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