[sorry, should have gone to the list]

On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:02:28 +0300, Nick Milas wrote:

access to dn.base="ou=system,dc=example,dc=com" by dn.exact="uid=userx,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com" write

This gives 'uid=userx,...' access to 'ou=system,...' _and everything below it_.

access to dn.exact="ou=system,dc=example,dc=com" by dn.base="uid=userx,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com" write

While this is the opposite - it gives 'uid=userx,...' and any objects below this (not much point in this exact example :) to ONLY the base object 'ou=system,...'.

For example:

----- s n i p ----- access to dn.exact=""

attrs=supportedSASLMechanisms,namingContexts,subschemaSubentry,objectClass,monitorContext,configContext,entry by domain.subtree="bayour.com" read by peername.ip="127.0.0.1" read by peername.ip="192.168.69.8" read by peername.path="/var/run/slapd/ldapi" read ----- s n i p -----

This gives almost anonymous access to certain attributes to the base DN...