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H1: OpenLDAP Software Contributions

The following sections attempt to summarize the various contributions in OpenLDAP
software, as found in {{F:openldap_src/contrib}}

H2: Client APIs

Intro and discuss

H3: ldapc++

Intro and discuss

H3: ldaptcl

Intro and discuss

H2: Overlays

H3: acl

Plugins that implement access rules.  Currently only posixGroup,
which implements access control based on posixGroup membership.


H3: addpartial

Treat Add requests as Modify requests if the entry exists.


H3: allop

Return operational attributes for root DSE even when not
requested, since some clients expect this.


H3: autogroup

Automated updates of group memberships.


H3: comp_match

Component Matching rules (RFC 3687).


H3: denyop

Deny selected operations, returning {{unwillingToPerform}}.


H3: dsaschema

Permit loading DSA-specific schema, including operational attrs.


H3: lastmod

Track the time of the last write operation to a database.


H3: nops

Remove null operations, e.g. changing a value to same as before.


H3: nssov

Handle NSS lookup requests through a local Unix Domain socket.


H3: passwd

Support additional password mechanisms.


H3: proxyOld

Proxy Authorization compatibility with obsolete internet-draft.


H3: smbk5pwd

Make the PasswordModify Extended Operation update Kerberos
keys and Samba password hashes as well as {{userPassword}}.


H3: trace

Trace overlay invocation.


H3: usn

Maintain {{usnCreated}} and {{usnChanged}} attrs similar to Microsoft AD.


H2: Tools

Intro and discuss

H3: Statistic Logging

statslog

H2: SLAPI Plugins

Intro and discuss

H3: addrdnvalues

More
