OpenLDAP packages

LTB project provides 5 packages for Debian/Ubuntu and Red-Hat/CentOS:

openldap-ltb:main OpenLDAP package, including slapd-cli, systemd service, and many openldap core modules (see below)
openldap-ltb-contrib-overlays:
 additional openldap modules (see the list below)
openldap-ltb-dbg:
 debug symbols for openldap
openldap-ltb-explockout:
 additional overlay exponential lockout
openldap-ltb-mdb-utils:
 additional utilities for the mdb database backend (mdb_*)

Note

LTB team tries to keep packages up to date with the latest OpenLDAP version.

Tip

Every backend and overlay is compiled as a module.

The main OpenLDAP package includes:

  • backends:
    • mdb: main database storage
    • ldap: LDAP proxy
    • meta: agregation of multiple LDAP proxies
    • sock
  • SSL/TLS with OpenSSL
  • SASL (including SASL passwords)
  • SLAPI support
  • CRYPT password
  • support of tcp-wrappers
  • support of reverse lookups of client hostnames
  • argon2 hash scheme
  • schema expose (SLAP_SCHEMA_EXPOSE flag for hidden schema elements)
  • load-balancer (compiled as a module)
  • slapd-cli project, including slapd-cli tool, and systemd services for OpenLDAP and load-balancer
  • logrotate script
  • all standard overlays:
    • accesslog: In-Directory Access Logging
    • auditlog: Audit Logging
    • autoca: Automatic Certificate Authority
    • collect: Collect
    • constraint: Attribute Constraint
    • dds: Dynamic Directory Services
    • deref: Dereference
    • dyngroup: Dynamic Group
    • dynlist: Dynamic List
    • homedir: Home Directory Management
    • memberof: Reverse Group Membership
    • otp: OTP 2-factor authentication
    • ppolicy: Password Policy
    • proxycache: Proxy Cache
    • refint: Referential Integrity
    • remoteauth: Deferred Authentication
    • retcode: Return Code testing
    • rwm: Rewrite/Remap
    • seqmod: Sequential Modify
    • sssvlv: ServerSideSort/VLV
    • syncprov: Syncrepl Provider
    • translucent: Translucent Proxy
    • unique: Attribute Uniqueness
    • valsort: Value Sorting
    • ppm (Password Policy Module): extension to the password policy overlay

The contrib-overlay package includes these additional overlays:

  • autogroup: automatic updates of group memberships which meet the requirements of any filter contained in the group definition.
  • lastbind: logs the last user authentication
  • noopsrch: “no operation search”: do a search in dry-run
  • nssov: handles NSS lookup requests through a local Unix Domain socket
  • pw-pbkdf2: allows PBKDF2 hash scheme
  • pw-sha2: allow SHA2 hash scheme
  • smbk5pwd: update Kerberos keys and Samba password hashes (without Heimdal Kerberos support)
  • variant: share values between entries
  • vc: implements the LDAP “Verify Credentials” extended operation

The installation lies under /usr/local/openldap, in order to avoid conflicts with existing OpenLDAP installation. In particular, we do not interfere with the ldap system libraries, which are linked in by many other programs.