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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 data-
       base to the slapd front-end.

       This backend is is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.

WARNING

       This backend's calling conventions have changed since OpenLDAP 2.0.  The abandon operation now gets a new "pid:" line.  The "msgid:"  lines
       will be removed in a future version.

CONFIGURATION

       These slapd.conf options apply to the SHELL backend database.  That is, they must follow a "database shell" line and come before any subse-
       quent "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 execute in response to the given LDAP operation.  Each  option  is  fol-
       lowed by the input lines that the program receives:

       abandon <pathname> <argument>...
	      ABANDON
	      msgid: <message ID of operation to abandon>
	      <repeat { "suffix:" <database suffix DN> }>
	      pid: <process ID of operation to abandon>

       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 commands - except abandon and unbind - should output:
	      RESULT
	      code: <integer>
	      matched: <matched DN>
	      info: <text>
       where only RESULT is mandatory.	The search RESULT should be preceded by the entries in LDIF format, each entry followed by a  blank  line.
       Lines starting with `#' or `DEBUG:' are ignored.

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).

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