Openldap Configuration Files; The; Etc/Openldap/Schema/Directory - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

Chapter 13. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
13.4. OpenLDAP Configuration Files
OpenLDAP configuration files are installed into the
brief list highlighting the most important directories and files:
• /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
use the OpenLDAP libraries such as
Meeting.
• /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
Section 13.6.1 Editing
• /etc/openldap/schema/
daemon. Refer to Section 13.5 The
Note
If the
nss_ldap
the PAM and NSS modules supplied by the
System to Authenticate Using OpenLDAP for more information.

13.5. The

/etc/openldap/schema/
The
/etc/openldap/schema/
and
slapd.at.conf
definitions are now located in the different schema files. The various schema files are referenced in
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/rfc822-MailMember.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/autofs.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/kerberosobject.schema
Caution
Do not modify schema items defined in the schema files installed by OpenLDAP.
It is possible to extend the schema used by OpenLDAP to support additional attribute types and object
classes using the default schema files as a guide. To do this, create a
/etc/openldap/schema/
following line below the default
include
Next, define new attribute types and object classes within the
use existing attribute types from the schema files installed by default and add new object classes to
the file.
local.schema
— This is the configuration file for all client applications which
ldapsearch
— This is the configuration file for the
/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
directory — This subdirectory contains the schema used by the
/etc/openldap/schema/
package is installed, it creates a file named
directory holds LDAP definitions, previously located in the
slapd.oc.conf
using
include
directory. Reference this new schema within
include
/etc/openldap/schema/local.schema
/etc/openldap/
,
ldapadd
for more information file.
package. Refer to Section 13.7 Configuring a
nss_ldap
Directory
files. All attribute syntax definitions and objectclass
lines, as shown in this example:
schema lines:
local.schema
directory. The following is a
, Sendmail, Evolution, and Gnome
daemon. Refer to
slapd
Directory for more information.
. This file is used by
/etc/ldap.conf
local.schema
slapd.conf
file. Many organizations
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slapd
file in the
by adding the