SLAPD-DNSSRV(5) 						File Formats Manual						   SLAPD-DNSSRV(5)

NAME

       slapd-dnssrv - DNS SRV referral backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/ldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The DNSSRV backend to slapd(8) serves up referrals based upon SRV resource records held in the Domain Name System.

       This backend is experimental.

CONFIGURATION

       The DNSSRV backend has no backend nor database specific options.  It is configured simply by "database dnssrv" followed a suffix directive,
       e.g. suffix "".

ACCESS CONTROL

       The dnssrv backend does not honor all ACL semantics as described in slapd.access(5).  In fact, this  backend  only  implements  the  search
       operation  when	the manageDSAit control (RFC 3296) is used, otherwise for every operation a referral, whenever appropriate, or an error is
       returned.  Currently, there is no means to condition the returning of the referral by means of ACLs;  no  access  control  is  implemented,
       except  for  read  (=r)	access	to  the returned entries, which is actually provided by the frontend.  Note, however, that the information
       returned by this backend is collected through the DNS, so it is public by definition.

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

       "OpenLDAP Root Service - An experimental LDAP referral service" [RFC 3088],
       "OpenLDAP LDAP Root Service" <http://www.openldap.org/faq/?file=393)>,
       slapd.conf(5), slapd(8)

OpenLDAP							    2012/04/23							   SLAPD-DNSSRV(5)