<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configuring the LDAP Server</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="LDAP Linux HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Building the Server" HREF="building.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Configuration File Format" HREF="configformat.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="chapter" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >LDAP Linux HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="building.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="configformat.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="chapter" ><H1 ><A NAME="Config" ></A >Chapter 3. Configuring the LDAP Server</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="configformat.html" >Configuration File Format</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="globaldirect.html" >Global Directives</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="generalbedirect.html" >General Backend Directives</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="generaldbdirect.html" >General Database Directives</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="bdbdirect.html" >BDB Database Directives</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="ldbmdirect.html" >LDBM Database Directives</A ></DT ><DT >3.7. <A HREF="accesscontrol.html" >Access Control Examples</A ></DT ><DT >3.8. <A HREF="configurationexample.html" >Configuration File Example</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><P >Once the software has been installed and built, you are ready to configure it for use at your site. All slapd runtime configuration is accomplished through the <EM >slapd.conf</EM > file, installed in the prefix directory you specified in the configuration script or by default in /usr/local/etc/openldap.</P ><P >This section details the commonly used configuration directives in <EM >slapd.conf.</EM > For a complete list, see the slapd.conf(5) manual page. The configuration file directives are separated into <B CLASS="command" >global</B >, <B CLASS="command" >backend specific</B > and <B CLASS="command" > database specific</B >. Here you will find descriptions of directives, together with their default values (if any) and examples of use. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="building.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configformat.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Building the Server</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Configuration File Format</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >