Tripp Lite B051-000 - OpenLDAP Server Configuration Details; Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema

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OpenLDAP Server Configuration (continued )
Starting the OpenLDAP Server
Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema
LDAP Data Structure
AP Operation
An example configuration file is provided in the figure:
To start the OpenLDAP Server, run slapd (the OpenLDAP Server
executable file) from the command line. slapd supports a number of
command line options, the most important option is the d switch that
triggers debug information. For example, a command of slapd -d
256 would start OpenLDAP with a debug level of 256, as shown in
the following screenshot:
Note: For details about slapd options and their meanings, refer to the
OpenLDAP documentation.
The schema that slapd uses may be extended to support additional
syntaxes,matchingrules,attributetypes,andobjectclasses.Inthe
case of the B051-000, the B051-000User class and the permission
attribute are extended to define a new schema. The extended schema
file used to authenticate and authorize users logging in to the B051-
000 is shown in the figure, below:
An LDAP directory stores information in a tree structure known
as the Directory Information Tree (DIT). The nodes in the tree are
directory entries, and each entry contains information in attribute-
value form. An example of the LDAP directory tree for the B051-000
is shown in the figure, below: