OpenLDAP tips

There are a number of things to note:

• The maximum number of results returned has been increased from the default of 500 that even applies to paged results. See the OpenLDAP documentation on limits. If you have more than 500 users or groups this would be an issue.
• Digest authentication has been configured to map from a user ID to the corresponding distinguished name. See the example data.
• Passwords are in clear text (so that any authentication mechanism can be used). It is possible they can be in the correct hashed form for the MD5 digest to work.

See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options.
# This file should NOT be world readable.
#
include  /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include  /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include  /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema

# Define global ACLs to disable default read access.

# Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory
# service AND an understanding of referrals.
#referral  ldap://root.openldap.org

pidfile   /usr/local/var/run/slapd.pid
argsfile   /usr/local/var/run/slapd.args

# Load dynamic backend modules:
# modulepath /usr/local/libexec/openldap
# moduleload back_bdb.la
# moduleload back_ldap.la
# moduleload back_ldbm.la
# moduleload back_passwd.la
# moduleload back_shell.la

# Sample security restrictions
# Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking)
# Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates
# Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind
# security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64

# Sample access control policy:
# Root DSE: allow anyone to read it
# Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it
# Other DSEs:
#  Allow self write access
#  Allow authenticated users read access
#  Allow anonymous users to authenticate
# Directives needed to implement policy:
# access to dn.base="" by * read
# access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read
# access to *
# by self write
# by users read
# by anonymous auth
#
# if no access controls are present, the default policy
# allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts
# updates to rootdn.  (e.g., "access to * by * read")
#
# rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING!

#######################################################################
# BDB database definitions
#######################################################################

database  bdb
suffix  "dc=company,dc=com"
rootdn  "cn=Manager,dc=company,dc=com"
# Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should
# be avoid.  See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details.
# Use of strong authentication encouraged.
# This is secret ....
rootpw          {SSHA}u9AUUYOSVX6idlXcwyYOAG6G84oHFpvG
# The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND 
# should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools.
# Mode 700 recommended.
directory  /usr/local/var/openldap-data
# Indices to maintain
index  objectClass  eq

# Clear text to allow hashing 
password-hash  {CLEARTEXT}

# SASL mappings for md5 digest authentication
# Extract the user id and use as the search key

authz-regexp
   uid=([^,]*),cn=digest-md5,cn=auth
   ldap:///dc=company,dc=com??one?(uid=$1)

authz-regexp
   uid=([^,]*),cn=company.com,cn=digest-md5,cn=auth
   ldap:///dc=company,dc=com??one?(uid=$1)

# Tweaks to increase the result set size and max query time

sizelimit 50000
timelimit 3600

The following is a very simple example LDIF file that defines People and Groups Organizational units and some example users and groups.

# Initial directory contents
dn: dc=company,dc=com
dc: company
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain

dn: ou=People,dc=company,dc=com
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit

dn: ou=Groups,dc=company,dc=com
ou: Groups
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit

dn: uid=fullname,ou=People,dc=company,dc=com
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
sn: Name
cn: Full Name
userPassword: inClearText
telephoneNumber: 1234567890
uid: fullname
givenName: Full
mail: full.name@company.com
o: Company Software Inc.

dn: uid=walrus,ou=People,dc=company,dc=com
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
sn: Rus
cn: Wal Rus
userPassword: inClearText
telephoneNumber: 1234567890
uid: walrus
givenName: Wal
mail: wal.rus@company.com
o: Company Software Inc.

dn: cn=Group One,ou=Groups,dc=company,dc=com
objectclass: groupOfNames
cn: Group One
member: uid=fullname,ou=People,dc=company,dc=com 

dn: cn=Group Two,ou=Groups,dc=company,dc=com
objectclass: groupOfNames
cn: Group Two
member: cn=Group One,ou=Groups,dc=company,dc=com 
member: uid=walrus,ou=People,dc=company,dc=com