SLAPD-PASSWD(5) SLAPD-PASSWD(5)

NAME
       slapd-passwd - /etc/passwd backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION
       The  PASSWD  backend to ssllaappdd(8) serves up the user account information
       listed in the system ppaasssswwdd(5) file.   This  backend  is  provided  for
       demonstration  purposes  only.   The  DN  of  each entry is "uid=
       name>,".  Note that  non-base  searches  scan  the  the  entire
       passwd file, and are best suited for hosts with small passwd files.

CCOONNFFIIGGUURRAATTIIOONN
       This  ssllaappdd..ccoonnff  option  applies to the PASSWD backend database.  That
       is, it must follow a "database passwd" line and come before any  subse-
       quent  "backend"  or  "database"  lines.   Other  database  options are
       described in the ssllaappdd..ccoonnff(5) manual page.

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              Specifies an alternate passwd  file  to  use.   The  default  is
              //eettcc//ppaasssswwdd.

FILES       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

       /etc/passwd
              user account information

SEE ALSO
       ssllaappdd..ccoonnff(5), ssllaappdd(8), ppaasssswwdd(5).



OpenLDAP 2.2.19                   2004/11/26                   SLAPD-PASSWD(5)