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NAME
       slapd.plugin - plugin configuration for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP
       daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION
       The slapd.conf(5) file contains configuration information for the
       slapd(8) daemon. This configuration file is also used by the SLAPD
       tools slapadd(8), slapcat(8), and slapindex(8).

       The slapd.conf file consists of a series of global configuration
       options that apply to slapd as a whole (including all backends),
       followed by zero or more database backend definitions that contain
       information specific to a backend instance.

       The general format of slapd.conf is as follows:

           # comment - these options apply to every database
           <global configuration options>
           # first database definition & configuration options
           database    <backend 1 type>
           <configuration options specific to backend 1>
           # subsequent database definitions & configuration options
           ...

       If slapd is compiled with --enable-slapi, support for plugins according
       to Netscape's Directory Server Plug-Ins.  Version 4 of the API is
       currently implemented, with some extensions from version 5.

       Both global and database specific data may contain plugin information.
       Plugins associated with a specific database are called before global
       plugins.  This manpage details the slapd(8) configuration statements
       that affect the loading of SLAPI plugins.

       Arguments that should be replaced by actual text are shown in brackets
       <>.

       The structure of the plugin directives is

       plugin <type> <lib_path> <init_function> [<arguments>]
              Load a plugin of the specified type for the current database.

       The <type> can be one of preoperation, that is executed before
       processing the operation for the specified database, postoperation,
       that is executed after the operation for the specified database has
       been processed, extendedop, that is used when executing an extended
       operation, or object.  The latter is used for miscellaneous types such
       as ACL, computed attribute and search filter rewriter plugins.

       The <libpath> argument specifies the path to the plugin loadable
       object; if a relative path is given, the object is looked for according
       to the underlying dynamic loading package (libtool's ltdl is used).

       The <init_function> argument specifies what symbol must be called when
       the plugin is first loaded.  This function should register the
       functions provided by the plugin for the desired operations. It should
       be noted that it is this init function, not the plugin type specified
       as the first argument, that determines when and for what operations the
       plugin will be invoked.  The optional <arguments> list is passed to the
       init function.

       pluginlog <file>
              Specify an alternative path for the plugin log file (default is
              /var/db/errors).

       modulepath <pathspec>
              This statement sets the module load path for dynamically
              loadable backends, as described in slapd.conf(5); however, since
              both the dynamically loadable backends and the SLAPI plugins use
              the same underlying library (libtool's ltdl) its value also
              affects the plugin search path.  In general the search path is
              made of colon-separated paths; usually the user-defined path is
              searched first; then the value of the LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH
              environment variable, if defined, is used; finally, the system-
              specific dynamic load path is attempted (e.g. on Linux the value
              of the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH).  Please carefully
              read the documentation of ltdl because its behavior is very
              platform dependent.

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

       /var/db/errors
              default plugin log file

SEE ALSO
       slapd(8),

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

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

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