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Commit c41d0eaf authored by Kurt Zeilenga's avatar Kurt Zeilenga
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Add some chroot clarifications.

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......@@ -155,28 +155,37 @@ which applies to add, delete, modify and modrdn), and execute operations
to anonymous users.
.TP
.BI \-r " directory"
Specifies a chroot "jail" directory. slapd will
.BR chdir (2)
Specifies a directory to become the root directory. slapd will
change the current working directory to this directory and
then
.BR chroot (2)
to this directory after opening listeners but before reading
any configuration file or initializing any backend.
to this directory. This is done after opening listeners but before
reading any configuration file or initializing any backend. When
used as a security mechanism, it should be used in conjunction with
.B -u
and
.B -g
options.
.TP
.BI \-u " user"
.B slapd
will run slapd with the specified user name or id, and that user's
supplementary group access list as set with initgroups(3). The group ID
is also changed to this user's gid, unless the -g option is used to
override.
.TP
.BI \-g " group"
.B slapd
will run with the specified group name or id.
override. Note when used with
.BR -r ,
slapd will use the user database in the change root environment.
.LP
Note that on some systems, running as a non-privileged user will prevent
passwd back-ends from accessing the encrypted passwords. Note also that
any shell back-ends will run as the specified non-privileged user.
.TP
.BI \-g " group"
.B slapd
will run with the specified group name or id. Note when used with
.BR -r ,
slapd will use the group database in the change root environment.
.TP
.BI \-c " cookie"
This option provides a cookie for the syncrepl replication consumer.
The cookie is a comma separated list of name=value pairs.
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