Tripp Lite B051-000 owner manual Starting the OpenLDAP Server, Ldap Data Structure

AP Operation

OpenLDAP Server Configuration (continued)

An example configuration file is provided in the figure:

Starting the OpenLDAP Server

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

256would 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.

Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema

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 B051-000Userclass 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:

LDAP Data Structure

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:

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