Name

afp_ldap.conf — Configuration file used by afpd(8) to configure a LDAP connection to an LDAP server. That is needed for ACL support in order to be able to query LDAP for UUIDs.

Description

afp_ldap.conf is the configuration file used by afpd to set up an LDAP connection to an LDAP server.

Any line not prefixed with # is interpreted.

Note

You can use afpldaptest(1) to syntactically check your config

The required parameters and their meanings are:

Parameter

ldap_server

Name or IP address of your LDAP Server

ldap_auth_method

Authentication method: none | simple | sasl

none

anonymous LDAP bind

simple

simple LDAP bind

sasl

SASL. Not yet supported !

ldap_auth_dn

Distinguished Name of the user for simple bind.

ldap_auth_pw

Distinguished Name of the user for simple bind.

ldap_userbase

DN of the user container in LDAP.

ldap_userscope

Search scope for user search: base | one | sub

ldap_groupbase

DN of the group container in LDAP.

ldap_groupscope

Search scope for user search: base | one | sub

ldap_uuuid_attr

Name of the LDAP attribute with the UUIDs.

Note: this is used both for users and groups.

ldap_name_attr

Name of the LDAP attribute with the users short name.

ldap_group_attr

Name of the LDAP attribute with the groups short name.

Examples

Example 5.1. afp_ldap.conf setup with simple bind

ldap_server      = localhost
ldap_auth_method = simple
ldap_auth_dn     = cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=org
ldap_auth_pw     = notthisone
ldap_userbase    = ou=users,dc=domain,dc=org
ldap_userscope   = one
ldap_groupbase   = ou=groups,dc=domain,dc=org
ldap_groupscope  = one
ldap_uuid_attr   = some_attribute
ldap_name_attr   = cn
ldap_group_attr  = cn

See also

afpd(8), AppleVolumes.default(5),afpldaptest(1)