SLAPD-LDIF(5) File Formats Manual SLAPD-LDIF(5) # [NAME](#NAME) slapd-ldif - LDIF backend to slapd # [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS) /etc/openldap/slapd.conf # [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION) The LDIF backend to [**slapd**(8)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd.8) is a basic storage backend that stores entries in text files in LDIF format, and exploits the filesystem to create the tree structure of the database. It is intended as a cheap, low performance easy to use backend, and it is exploited by higher-level internal structures to provide a permanent storage. # [CONFIGURATION](#CONFIGURATION) These **slapd.conf** options apply to the LDIF backend database. That is, they must follow a "database ldif" line and come before any subsequent "backend" or "database" lines. Other database options are described in the [**slapd.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd.conf.5) manual page. [**directory <dir>**](#directory) Specify the directory where the database tree starts. The directory must exist and grant appropriate permissions (rwx) to the identity slapd is running with. # [ACCESS CONTROL](#ACCESS_CONTROL) The **LDIF** backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in [**slapd.access**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd.access.5). Only **read (=r)** access to the **entry** pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries returned by the **search** operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend. # [FILES](#FILES) /etc/openldap/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file # [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO) [**slapd.conf**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd.conf.5), [**slapd-config**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd-config.5), [**slapd**(8)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/slapd.8), [**ldif**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/openldap-2.5/ldif.5). # [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR) Eric Stokes 2025/05/22 OpenLDAP 2.5.20 --- Document: slapd-ldif(5) from openldap-2.5 2.5.20-r6 (Chainguard OS) Source: https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap.git