SLAPD-NULL 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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NAME
slapd-null - Null backend to slapd
SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
DESCRIPTION
The Null backend to
slapd (8) is surely the most useful part of
slapd : - Searches return success but no entries.
- Compares return compareFalse.
- Updates return success (unless readonly is on) but do nothing.
- Binds other than as the rootdn fail unless the database option "bind on" is given.
- The slapadd (8) and slapcat (8) tools are equally exciting.
Inspired by the /dev/null device.
CONFIGURATION
This
slapd.conf option applies to the NULL backend database.
That is, it must follow a "database null" line and come before
any subsequent "database" lines.
Other database options are described in the
slapd.conf (5) manual page.
bind <on/off> Allow binds as any DN in this backend's suffix, with any password. The default is "off".
dosearch <on/off> If enabled, a single entry will be returned on all search requests. The entry's DN will be the same as the database suffix. The default is "off".
EXAMPLE
Here is a possible slapd.conf extract using the Null backend:
database null suffix "cn=Nothing" bind on
ACCESS CONTROL
The
null backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in
slapd.access (5). FILES
ETCDIR/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file
SEE ALSO
slapd.conf (5), slapd (8), slapadd (8), slapcat (8).