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Command: ldapd | Section: 8 | Source: OpenBSD | File: ldapd.8
LDAPD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual LDAPD(8)
NAME
ldapd - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon
SYNOPSIS
ldapd [-dnv] [-D macro=value] [-f file] [-r directory] [-s file]
DESCRIPTION
ldapd is a daemon which implements version 3 of the LDAP protocol.
A running ldapd process can be controlled using the ldapctl(8) utility.
The options are as follows:
-D macro=value
Define macro to be set to value on the command line. Overrides
the definition of macro in the configuration file.
-d Do not daemonize and log to stderr.
-f file
Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default
/etc/ldapd.conf.
-n Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity.
-r directory
Store and read database files in directory, instead of the
default /var/db/ldap.
-s file
Specify an alternative location for the socket file.
-v Produce more verbose output. A second -v together with the -d
flag produces debug traces of decoded BER messages on stderr.
AUTHENTICATION
ldapd can authenticate users via simple binds or SASL with the PLAIN
mechanism.
When using simple binds, the bind DN entry must exist in a namespace and
have a userPassword attribute. The following formats of the userPassword
attribute are recognized:
{SHA}digest
Verify the password against the SHA-1 digest.
{SSHA}digest
Verify the password against the salted SHA-1 digest.
{CRYPT}hash
Verify the password against the crypt(3) hash.
{BSDAUTH}username
Use BSD Authentication with the given username and authentication
style "auth-ldap". This is similar to using SASL PLAIN
authentication with username as the authentication ID.
{BSDAUTH}username#class
Same as above, but overrides the login class.
Without a prefix, the userPassword attribute is compared literally with
the provided plain text password.
When using SASL binds, the authentication ID should be a valid username
for BSD Authentication.
For plain text passwords to be accepted, the connection must be
considered secure, either by using an encrypted connection, or by using
the secure keyword in the configuration file.
FILES
/etc/ldapd.conf default ldapd configuration file
/var/run/ldapd.sock default ldapd control socket
/var/db/ldap/*.db ldapd database files
SEE ALSO
ldap(1), ldapd.conf(5), login.conf(5), ldapctl(8)
STANDARDS
J. Sermersheim, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The
Protocol, RFC 4511, June 2006.
K. Zeilenga, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Directory
Information Models, RFC 4512, June 2006.
HISTORY
The ldapd program first appeared in OpenBSD 4.8.
CAVEATS
ldapd is not yet fully LDAPv3 compliant.
Database files are not expected to work across architectures and may not
work across versions.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 March 2, 2023 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8