slapd(8)

     SLAPD(8C)                OpenLDAP 2.1.12                SLAPD(8C)

     NAME
          slapd - Stand-alone LDAP Daemon

     SYNOPSIS
          /usr/lib/slapd [-[4|6]] [-d debug-level] [-f
          slapd-config-file] [-h URLs] [-n service-name] [-s
          syslog-level] [-l syslog-local-user] [-r directory] [-u
          user] [-g group] [-t]

     DESCRIPTION
          Slapd is the stand-alone LDAP daemon. It listens for LDAP
          connections on any number of ports (default 389), responding
          to the LDAP operations it receives over these connections.
          slapd is typically invoked at boot time, usually out of
          /etc/rc.local.  Upon startup, slapd normally forks and
          disassociates itself from the invoking tty.  If configured
          in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf, the slapd process will print
          its process ID ( see getpid(2) ) to a .pid file, as well as
          the command line options during invocation to an .args file
          ( see slapd.conf(5) ).  If the -d flag is given, even with a
          zero argument, slapd will not fork and disassociate from the
          invoking tty.

          Slapd can be configured to provide replicated service for a
          database with the help of slurpd, the standalone LDAP update
          replication daemon.  See slurpd(8) for details.

          See the "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" for more details on
          slapd.

     OPTIONS
          -4   Listen on IPv4 addresses only.

          -6   Listen on IPv6 addresses only.

          -d debug-level
               Turn on debugging as defined by debug-level.  If this
               option is specified, even with a zero argument, slapd
               will not fork or disassociate from the invoking
               terminal.  Some general operation and status messages
               are printed for any value of debug-level.  debug-level
               is taken as a bit string, with each bit corresponding
               to a different kind of debugging information.  See
               <ldap.h> for details.  Remember that if you turn on
               packet logging, packets containing bind passwords will
               be output, so if you redirect the log to a logfile,
               that file should be read-protected.

          -s syslog-level
               This option tells slapd at what level debugging
               statements should be logged to the syslog(8) facility.

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          -n service-name
               Specifies the service name for logging and other
               purposes.  Defaults to basename of argv[0], i.e.:
               "slapd".

          -l syslog-local-user
               Selects the local user of the syslog(8) facility.
               Values can be LOCAL0, LOCAL1, and so on, up to LOCAL7.
               The default is LOCAL4.  However, this option is only
               permitted on systems that support local users with the
               syslog(8) facility.

          -f slapd-config-file
               Specifies the slapd configuration file. The default is
               /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.

          -h URLlist
               slapd will by default serve ldap:/// (LDAP over TCP on
               all interfaces on default LDAP port).  That is, it will
               bind using INADDR_ANY and port 389.  The -h option may
               be used to specify LDAP (and other scheme) URLs to
               serve.  For example, if slapd is given -h
               "ldap://127.0.0.1:9009/ ldaps:/// ldapi:///" , It will
               bind 127.0.0.1:9009 for LDAP, 0.0.0.0:636 for LDAP over
               TLS, and LDAP over IPC (Unix domain sockets).  Host
               0.0.0.0 represents INADDR_ANY.  A space separated list
               of URLs is expected.  The URLs should be of LDAP
               (ldap://) or LDAP over TLS (ldaps://) or LDAP over IPC
               (ldapi://) scheme without a DN or other optional
               parameters, except an experimental extension to
               indicate the permissions of the underlying socket, on
               those OSes that honor them.  Support for the latter two
               schemes depends on selected configuration options.
               Hosts may be specified by name or IPv4 and IPv6 address
               formats.  Ports, if specfied, must be numeric.  The
               default ldap:// port is 389 and the default ldaps://
               port is 636.  The socket permissions for LDAP over IPC
               are indicated by "x-mod=-rwxrwxrwx", "x-mod=0777" or
               "x-mod=777", where any of the "rwx" can be "-" to
               suppress the related permission (note, however, that
               sockets only honor the "w" permission), while any of
               the "7" can be any legal octal digit, according to
               chmod(1).

          -r directory
               Specifies a chroot "jail" directory.  slapd will
               chdir(2) then chroot(2) to this directory after opening
               listeners but before reading any configuration file or
               initializing any backend.

          -u user
               slapd will run slapd with the specified user name or

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               id, and that user's supplementary group access list as
               set with initgroups(3).  The group ID is also changed
               to this user's gid, unless the -g option is used to
               override.

          -g group
               slapd will run with the specified group name or id.

          Note that on some systems, running as a non-privileged user
          will prevent passwd back-ends from accessing the encrypted
          passwords.  Note also that any shell back-ends will run as
          the specified non-privileged user.

          -t   slapd will read the configuration file (the default if
               none is given with the -f switch) and check its syntax,
               without opening any listener or database.

     EXAMPLES
          To start slapd and have it fork and detach from the terminal
          and start serving the LDAP databases defined in the default
          config file, just type:

               /usr/lib/slapd

          To start slapd with an alternate configuration file, and
          turn on voluminous debugging which will be printed on
          standard error, type:

               /usr/lib/slapd -f /var/tmp/slapd.conf -d 255

          To test whether the configuration file is correct or not,
          type:

               /usr/lib/slapd -t

     SEE ALSO
          ldap(3), slapd.conf(5), slapd.access(5), slurpd(8)

          "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide"
          (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

     BUGS
          See http://www.openldap.org/its/

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
          OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
          (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is derived from
          University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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