1LDAP.CONF(5) File Formats Manual LDAP.CONF(5)
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6 ldap.conf, .ldaprc - LDAP configuration file/environment variables
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9 /etc/openldap/ldap.conf, ldaprc, .ldaprc, $LDAP<option-name>
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12 If the environment variable LDAPNOINIT is defined, all defaulting is
13 disabled.
14 The ldap.conf configuration file is used to set system-wide defaults to
16 be applied when running ldap clients.
17 Users may create an optional configuration file, ldaprc or .ldaprc, in
19 their home directory which will be used to override the system-wide
20 defaults file. The file ldaprc in the current working directory is
21 also used.
22 Additional configuration files can be specified using the LDAPCONF and
24 LDAPRC environment variables. LDAPCONF may be set to the path of a
25 configuration file. This path can be absolute or relative to the cur‐
26 rent working directory. The LDAPRC, if defined, should be the basename
27 of a file in the current working directory or in the user's home direc‐
28 tory.
29 Environmental variables may also be used to augment the file based
31 defaults. The name of the variable is the option name with an added
32 prefix of LDAP. For example, to define BASE via the environment, set
33 the variable LDAPBASE to the desired value.
34 Some options are user-only. Such options are ignored if present in the
36 ldap.conf (or file specified by LDAPCONF).
37 Thus the following files and variables are read, in order:
39 variable $LDAPNOINIT, and if that is not set:
40 system file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf,
41 user files $HOME/ldaprc, $HOME/.ldaprc, ./ldaprc,
42 system file $LDAPCONF,
43 user files $HOME/$LDAPRC, $HOME/.$LDAPRC, ./$LDAPRC,
44 variables $LDAP<uppercase option name>.
45 Settings late in the list override earlier ones.
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48 The configuration options are case-insensitive; their value, on a case
49 by case basis, may be case-sensitive.
50 Blank lines are ignored.
52 Lines beginning with a hash mark (`#') are comments, and ignored.
53 Valid lines are made of an option's name (a sequence of non-blanks,
55 conventionally written in uppercase, although not required), followed
56 by a value. The value starts with the first non-blank character after
57 the option's name, and terminates at the end of the line, or at the
58 last sequence of blanks before the end of the line. The tokenization
59 of the value, if any, is delegated to the handler(s) for that option,
60 if any. Quoting values that contain blanks may be incorrect, as the
61 quotes would become part of the value. For example,
62 # Wrong - erroneous quotes:
64 URI "ldap:// ldaps://"
65 # Right - space-separated list of URIs, without quotes:
67 URI ldap:// ldaps://
68 # Right - DN syntax needs quoting for Example, Inc:
70 BASE ou=IT staff,o="Example, Inc",c=US
71 # or:
72 BASE ou=IT staff,o=Example2C Inc,c=US
73 # Wrong - comment on same line as option:
75 DEREF never # Never follow aliases
76 A line cannot be longer than LINE_MAX, which should be more than 2000
78 bytes on all platforms. There is no mechanism to split a long line on
79 multiple lines, either for beautification or to overcome the above
80 limit.
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83 The different configuration options are:
84 URI <ldap[si]://[name[:port]] ...>
86 Specifies the URI(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the LDAP
87 library should connect. The URI scheme may be any of ldap,
88 ldaps or ldapi, which refer to LDAP over TCP, LDAP over SSL
89 (TLS) and LDAP over IPC (UNIX domain sockets), respectively.
90 Each server's name can be specified as a domain-style name or an
91 IP address literal. Optionally, the server's name can followed
92 by a ':' and the port number the LDAP server is listening on.
93 If no port number is provided, the default port for the scheme
94 is used (389 for ldap://, 636 for ldaps://). For LDAP over IPC,
95 name is the name of the socket, and no port is required, nor
96 allowed; note that directory separators must be URL-encoded,
97 like any other characters that are special to URLs; so the
98 socket
99 /usr/local/var/ldapi
101 must be specified as
103 ldapi://%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fvar%2Fldapi
105 A space separated list of URIs may be provided.
107 BASE <base>
109 Specifies the default base DN to use when performing ldap opera‐
110 tions. The base must be specified as a Distinguished Name in
111 LDAP format.
112 BINDDN <dn>
114 Specifies the default bind DN to use when performing ldap opera‐
115 tions. The bind DN must be specified as a Distinguished Name in
116 LDAP format. This is a user-only option.
117 DEREF <when>
119 Specifies how alias dereferencing is done when performing a
120 search. The <when> can be specified as one of the following key‐
121 words:
122 never Aliases are never dereferenced. This is the default.
124 searching
126 Aliases are dereferenced in subordinates of the base
127 object, but not in locating the base object of the
128 search.
129 finding
131 Aliases are only dereferenced when locating the base
132 object of the search.
133 always Aliases are dereferenced both in searching and in locat‐
135 ing the base object of the search.
136 HOST <name[:port] ...>
139 Specifies the name(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the
140 LDAP library should connect. Each server's name can be
141 specified as a domain-style name or an IP address and
142 optionally followed by a ':' and the port number the ldap
143 server is listening on. A space separated list of hosts
144 may be provided. HOST is deprecated in favor of URI.
145 NETWORK_TIMEOUT <integer>
147 Specifies the timeout (in seconds) after which the
148 poll(2)/select(2) following a connect(2) returns in case
149 of no activity.
150 PORT <port>
152 Specifies the default port used when connecting to LDAP
153 servers(s). The port may be specified as a number. PORT
154 is deprecated in favor of URI.
155 REFERRALS <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
157 Specifies if the client should automatically follow
158 referrals returned by LDAP servers. The default is on.
159 Note that the command line tools ldapsearch(1) &co always
160 override this option.
161 SIZELIMIT <integer>
163 Specifies a size limit (number of entries) to use when
164 performing searches. The number should be a non-negative
165 integer. SIZELIMIT of zero (0) specifies a request for
166 unlimited search size. Please note that the server may
167 still apply any server-side limit on the amount of
168 entries that can be returned by a search operation.
169 TIMELIMIT <integer>
171 Specifies a time limit (in seconds) to use when perform‐
172 ing searches. The number should be a non-negative inte‐
173 ger. TIMELIMIT of zero (0) specifies unlimited search
174 time to be used. Please note that the server may still
175 apply any server-side limit on the duration of a search
176 operation. VERSION {2|3} Specifies what version of the
177 LDAP protocol should be used.
178 TIMEOUT <integer>
180 Specifies a timeout (in seconds) after which calls to
181 synchronous LDAP APIs will abort if no response is
182 received. Also used for any ldap_result(3) calls where a
183 NULL timeout parameter is supplied.
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186 If OpenLDAP is built with Simple Authentication and Security
187 Layer support, there are more options you can specify.
188 SASL_MECH <mechanism>
190 Specifies the SASL mechanism to use.
191 SASL_REALM <realm>
193 Specifies the SASL realm.
194 SASL_AUTHCID <authcid>
196 Specifies the authentication identity. This is a user-
197 only option.
198 SASL_AUTHZID <authcid>
200 Specifies the proxy authorization identity. This is a
201 user-only option.
202 SASL_SECPROPS <properties>
204 Specifies Cyrus SASL security properties. The <proper‐
205 ties> can be specified as a comma-separated list of the
206 following:
207 none (without any other properties) causes the proper‐
209 ties defaults ("noanonymous,noplain") to be
210 cleared.
211 noplain
213 disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive
214 attacks.
215 noactive
217 disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.
218 nodict disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictio‐
220 nary attacks.
221 noanonymous
223 disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.
224 forwardsec
226 requires forward secrecy between sessions.
227 passcred
229 requires mechanisms which pass client credentials
230 (and allows mechanisms which can pass credentials
231 to do so).
232 minssf=<factor>
234 specifies the minimum acceptable security strength
235 factor as an integer approximating the effective
236 key length used for encryption. 0 (zero) implies
237 no protection, 1 implies integrity protection
238 only, 56 allows DES or other weak ciphers, 112
239 allows triple DES and other strong ciphers, 128
240 allows RC4, Blowfish and other modern strong
241 ciphers. The default is 0.
242 maxssf=<factor>
244 specifies the maximum acceptable security strength
245 factor as an integer (see minssf description).
246 The default is INT_MAX.
247 maxbufsize=<factor>
249 specifies the maximum security layer receive buf‐
250 fer size allowed. 0 disables security layers.
251 The default is 65536.
252 SASL_NOCANON <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
254 Do not perform reverse DNS lookups to canonicalize SASL
255 host names. The default is off.
256
258 If OpenLDAP is built with Generic Security Services Application
259 Programming Interface support, there are more options you can
260 specify.
261 GSSAPI_SIGN <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
263 Specifies if GSSAPI signing (GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG) should be
264 used. The default is off.
265 GSSAPI_ENCRYPT <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
267 Specifies if GSSAPI encryption (GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG and
268 GSS_C_CONF_FLAG) should be used. The default is off.
269 GSSAPI_ALLOW_REMOTE_PRINCIPAL <on/true/yes/off/false/no>
271 Specifies if GSSAPI based authentication should try to
272 form the target principal name out of the ldapServiceName
273 or dnsHostName attribute of the targets RootDSE entry.
274 The default is off.
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277 If OpenLDAP is built with Transport Layer Security support,
278 there are more options you can specify. These options are used
279 when an ldaps:// URI is selected (by default or otherwise) or
280 when the application negotiates TLS by issuing the LDAP StartTLS
281 operation.
282 When using OpenSSL, if neither TLS_CACERT nor TLS_CACERTDIR is
284 set, the system-wide default set of CA certificates is used.
285 TLS_CACERT <filename>
287 Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of
288 the Certificate Authorities the client will recognize.
289 TLS_CACERTDIR <path>
291 Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certifi‐
292 cate Authority certificates in separate individual files.
293 The TLS_CACERT is always used before TLS_CACERTDIR. The
294 specified directory must be managed with the OpenSSL
295 c_rehash utility. This parameter is ignored with GnuTLS.
296 When using Mozilla NSS, <path> may contain a Mozilla NSS
298 cert/key database. If <path> contains a Mozilla NSS
299 cert/key database and CA cert files, OpenLDAP will use
300 the cert/key database and will ignore the CA cert files.
301 TLS_CERT <filename>
303 Specifies the file that contains the client certificate.
304 This is a user-only option.
305 When using Mozilla NSS, if using a cert/key database
307 (specified with TLS_CACERTDIR), TLS_CERT specifies the
308 name of the certificate to use:
309 TLS_CERT Certificate for Sam Carter
310 If using a token other than the internal built in token,
311 specify the token name first, followed by a colon:
312 TLS_CERT my hardware device:Certificate for Sam Carter
313 Use certutil -L to list the certificates by name:
314 certutil -d /path/to/certdbdir -L
315 TLS_KEY <filename>
317 Specifies the file that contains the private key that
318 matches the certificate stored in the TLS_CERT file. Cur‐
319 rently, the private key must not be protected with a
320 password, so it is of critical importance that the key
321 file is protected carefully. This is a user-only option.
322 When using Mozilla NSS, TLS_KEY specifies the name of a
324 file that contains the password for the key for the cer‐
325 tificate specified with TLS_CERT. The modutil command
326 can be used to turn off password protection for the
327 cert/key database. For example, if TLS_CACERTDIR speci‐
328 fies /home/scarter/.moznss as the location of the
329 cert/key database, use modutil to change the password to
330 the empty string:
331 modutil -dbdir ~/.moznss -changepw 'NSS Certificate DB'
332 You must have the old password, if any. Ignore the WARN‐
333 ING about the running browser. Press 'Enter' for the new
334 password.
335 TLS_CIPHER_SUITE <cipher-suite-spec>
338 Specifies acceptable cipher suite and preference order.
339 <cipher-suite-spec> should be a cipher specification for
340 the TLS library in use (OpenSSL, GnuTLS, or Mozilla NSS).
341 Example:
342 OpenSSL:
344 TLS_CIPHER_SUITE HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2
345 GnuTLS:
347 TLS_CIPHER_SUITE SECURE256:!AES-128-CBC
348 To check what ciphers a given spec selects in OpenSSL,
350 use:
351 openssl ciphers -v <cipher-suite-spec>
353 With GnuTLS the available specs can be found in the man‐
355 ual page of gnutls-cli(1) (see the description of the
356 option --priority).
357 In older versions of GnuTLS, where gnutls-cli does not
359 support the option --priority, you can obtain the — more
360 limited — list of ciphers by calling:
361 gnutls-cli -l
363 When using Mozilla NSS, the OpenSSL cipher suite specifi‐
365 cations are used and translated into the format used
366 internally by Mozilla NSS. There isn't an easy way to
367 list the cipher suites from the command line. The
368 authoritative list is in the source code for Mozilla NSS
369 in the file sslinfo.c in the structure
370 static const SSLCipherSuiteInfo suiteInfo[]
371 TLS_PROTOCOL_MIN <major>[.<minor>]
373 Specifies minimum SSL/TLS protocol version that will be
374 negotiated. If the server doesn't support at least that
375 version, the SSL handshake will fail. To require TLS 1.x
376 or higher, set this option to 3.(x+1), e.g.,
377 TLS_PROTOCOL_MIN 3.2
379 would require TLS 1.1. Specifying a minimum that is
381 higher than that supported by the OpenLDAP implementation
382 will result in it requiring the highest level that it
383 does support. This parameter is ignored with GnuTLS.
384 TLS_RANDFILE <filename>
386 Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when
387 /dev/[u]random is not available. Generally set to the
388 name of the EGD/PRNGD socket. The environment variable
389 RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename. This
390 parameter is ignored with GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.
391 TLS_REQCERT <level>
393 Specifies what checks to perform on server certificates
394 in a TLS session, if any. The <level> can be specified as
395 one of the following keywords:
396 never The client will not request or check any server
398 certificate.
399 allow The server certificate is requested. If no cer‐
401 tificate is provided, the session proceeds nor‐
402 mally. If a bad certificate is provided, it will
403 be ignored and the session proceeds normally.
404 try The server certificate is requested. If no cer‐
406 tificate is provided, the session proceeds nor‐
407 mally. If a bad certificate is provided, the ses‐
408 sion is immediately terminated.
409 demand | hard
411 These keywords are equivalent. The server certifi‐
412 cate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
413 or a bad certificate is provided, the session is
414 immediately terminated. This is the default set‐
415 ting.
416 TLS_CRLCHECK <level>
418 Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the
419 CA should be used to verify if the server certificates
420 have not been revoked. This requires TLS_CACERTDIR param‐
421 eter to be set. This parameter is ignored with GnuTLS and
422 Mozilla NSS. <level> can be specified as one of the fol‐
423 lowing keywords:
424 none No CRL checks are performed
426 peer Check the CRL of the peer certificate
428 all Check the CRL for a whole certificate chain
430 TLS_CRLFILE <filename>
432 Specifies the file containing a Certificate Revocation
433 List to be used to verify if the server certificates have
434 not been revoked. This parameter is only supported with
435 GnuTLS and Mozilla NSS.
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438 LDAPNOINIT
439 disable all defaulting
440 LDAPCONF
442 path of a configuration file
443 LDAPRC basename of ldaprc file in $HOME or $CWD
445 LDAP<option-name>
447 Set <option-name> as from ldap.conf
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450 /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
451 system-wide ldap configuration file
452 $HOME/ldaprc, $HOME/.ldaprc
454 user ldap configuration file
455 $CWD/ldaprc
457 local ldap configuration file
458
460 ldap(3), ldap_set_option(3), ldap_result(3), openssl(1), sasl(3)
461
463 Kurt Zeilenga, The OpenLDAP Project
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466 OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
467 Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is
468 derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
469OpenLDAP 2.4.46 2018/03/22 LDAP.CONF(5)