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NAME         top

       slapo-translucent - Translucent Proxy overlay to slapd

SYNOPSIS         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION         top

       The Translucent Proxy overlay can be used with a backend database
       such as slapd-mdb(5) to create a "translucent proxy".  Entries
       retrieved from a remote LDAP server may have some or all
       attributes overridden, or new attributes added, by entries in the
       local database before being presented to the client.

       A search operation is first populated with entries from the
       remote LDAP server, the attributes of which are then overridden
       with any attributes defined in the local database. Local
       overrides may be populated with the add, modify , and modrdn
       operations, the use of which is restricted to the root user.

       A compare operation will perform a comparison with attributes
       defined in the local database record (if any) before any
       comparison is made with data in the remote database.

CONFIGURATION         top

       The Translucent Proxy overlay uses a proxied database, typically
       a (set of) remote LDAP server(s), which is configured with the
       options shown in slapd-ldap(5), slapd-meta(5) or similar.  These
       slapd.conf options are specific to the Translucent Proxy overlay;
       they must appear after the overlay directive that instantiates
       the translucent overlay.

       translucent_strict
              By default, attempts to delete attributes in either the
              local or remote databases will be silently ignored. The
              translucent_strict directive causes these modifications to
              fail with a Constraint Violation.

       translucent_no_glue
              This configuration option disables the automatic creation
              of "glue" records for an add or modrdn operation, such
              that all parents of an entry added to the local database
              must be created by hand. Glue records are always created
              for a modify operation.

       translucent_local <attr[,attr...]>
              Specify a list of attributes that should be searched for
              in the local database when used in a search filter. By
              default, search filters are only handled by the remote
              database. With this directive, search filters will be
              split into a local and remote portion, and local
              attributes will be searched locally.

       translucent_remote <attr[,attr...]>
              Specify a list of attributes that should be searched for
              in the remote database when used in a search filter. This
              directive complements the translucent_local directive.
              Attributes may be specified as both local and remote if
              desired.

       If neither translucent_local nor translucent_remote are
       specified, the default behavior is to search the remote database
       with the complete search filter. If only translucent_local is
       specified, searches will only be run on the local database.
       Likewise, if only translucent_remote is specified, searches will
       only be run on the remote database. In any case, both the local
       and remote entries corresponding to a search result will be
       merged before being returned to the client.

       translucent_bind_local
              Enable looking for locally stored credentials for simple
              bind when binding to the remote database fails.  Disabled
              by default.

       translucent_pwmod_local
              Enable RFC 3062 Password Modification extended operation
              on locally stored credentials.  The operation only applies
              to entries that exist in the remote database.  Disabled by
              default.

ACCESS CONTROL         top

       Access control is delegated to either the remote DSA(s) or to the
       local database backend for auth and write operations.  It is
       delegated to the remote DSA(s) and to the frontend for read
       operations.  Local access rules involving data returned by the
       remote DSA(s) should be designed with care.  In fact, entries are
       returned by the remote DSA(s) only based on the remote fraction
       of the data, based on the identity the operation is performed as.
       As a consequence, local rules might only be allowed to see a
       portion of the remote data.

CAVEATS         top

       The Translucent Proxy overlay will disable schema checking in the
       local database, so that an entry consisting of overlay attributes
       need not adhere to the complete schema.

       Because the translucent overlay does not perform any DN rewrites,
       the local and remote database instances must have the same
       suffix.  Other configurations will probably fail with No Such
       Object and other errors.

FILES         top

       ETCDIR/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO         top

       slapd.conf(5), slapd-config(5), slapd-ldap(5).

COLOPHON         top

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