slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd

The LDIF backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in slapd.access(5). Only read(=r) access to the entry pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries returned by the search operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend.

Eric Stokes OpenLDAP 2.6.10+dfsg-1ubuntu1 2025/05/22 SLAPD-LDIF(5)

These slapd.conf options apply to the LDIF backend database. That is, they must follow a "database ldif" line and come before any subsequent "backend" or "database" lines. Other database options are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual page. directory<dir> Specify the directory where the database tree starts. The directory must exist and grant appropriate permissions (rwx) to the identity slapd is running with.

The LDIF backend to slapd(8) is a basic storage backend that stores entries in text files in LDIF format, and exploits the filesystem to create the tree structure of the database. It is intended as a cheap, low performance easy to use backend, and it is exploited by higher-level internal structures to provide a permanent storage.

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

slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd

slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5), slapd(8), ldif(5).

/etc/ldap/slapd.conf