OK, I got permission to go ahead with this one (finally), and I'm stuck on configuration.
These lines: ======================================== database bdb
access to * by * read readonly on uri ldap://123.45.67.89:389/
overlay rwm ========================================
error: ======================================== line 38 (database bdb) bdb_db_init: Initializing BDB database line 42 (access to * by * read) Backend ACL: access to * by * read(=rscx)
line 43 (readonly on) line 44 (uri ldap://123.45.67.89:389/) .\slapd.conf: line 44: unknown directive "uri" inside backend database definition (ignored) line 49 (overlay rwm) overlay rwm not found slapd shutdown: freeing system resources. slapd stopped. connections_destroy: nothing to destroy. ========================================
I tried looking for more info on the database directives in the docs, but all I could find was stuff on olcdatabase. Changing database type to ldap (since I want to use that as a backend, and that was originally what was suggested) also failed, giving me an 'unrecognized database type' error.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, -Jim Stapleton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierangelo Masarati" ando@sys-net.it To: "S James S Stapleton" stapleton.41@osu.edu Cc: openldap-software@openldap.org Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 12:09 PM Subject: Re: using openldap as a translation layer.
S James S Stapleton wrote:
ok, a couple more quick questions, as I'm reading further through the man pages...
(1) do I need to set up a root dn for the server since it's only a passthrough anyway?
No, you don't
(2) I suspect I'm missing something, but I'd like to block any incoming ldap connections not from a specific host (most likely localhost). I couldn't really tell how to do this from the ldap.access page.
start the server so that it only listens on the loopback interface? e.g.
$ slapd -h ldap://localhost
(3) I haven't gotten far enough to know for sure, since ldap requires that the scheme be published (at least, according to LDAP Directories Explained, by T Howes), can I have OpenLDAP use the published scheme from the server it's connecting to, and not worry about setting up a local scheme?
With OpenLDAP code you can't. Sysnet developed a module that allows to query a remote server at startup, and optionally to refresh the query periodically, so that the local schema is sync'ed. This module has never been released as it is experimental; you may write something similar (and simpler) yourself. Something similar was also posted some time ago in the contrib ITS, but I coulndn't locate it right now.
p.
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