slurpd(8)

NAME

       slurpd - Standalone LDAP Update Replication Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/slurpd    [-d    debug-level]   [-f   slapd-config-file]   [-r
       slapd-replog-file] [-t temp-dir] [-o] [-k srvtab-file]

DESCRIPTION

       Slurpd is used to propagate changes from one slapd database to another.
       If  slapd is configured to produce a replication log, slurpd reads that
       replication log and sends the changes to the slave slapd instances  via
       the  LDAP  protocol.  slurpd is typically invoked at boot time, usually
       out of /etc/rc.local.

       Upon startup, slurpd normally forks and disassociates itself  from  the
       invoking  tty,  then  reads  the  replication  log (given either by the
       replogfile directive in the slapd config file, or by  the  -r  command-
       line  option).  If the replication log file does not exist or is empty,
       slurpd goes to sleep.  It periodically wakes up and checks  to  see  if
       there are any changes to be propoagated.

       When  slurpd notices that there are changes to propagate to slave slapd
       instances, it locks the replication log, makes its  own  private  copy,
       releases  the lock, and forks one copy of itself for each replica slapd
       to be updated.  Each child process binds to the slave slapd as  the  DN
       given by the binddn option to the replica directive in the slapd config
       file, and sends the changes.

       See slapd(8) for details on the standalone LDAP daemon.

       Note that slurpd reads replication directive  from  slapd.conf(5),  but
       uses  ldap.conf(5)  to obtain other configuration settings (such as TLS
       settings).

OPTIONS

       -d debug-level
              Turn on debugging as defined by debug-level.  If this option  is
              specified,  even  with  a zero argument, slurpd will not fork or
              disassociate from the invoking terminal.  Some general operation
              and  status  messages  are printed for any value of debug-level.
              debug-level is taken as a bit string, with each bit  correspond-
              ing  to a different kind of debugging information.  See <ldap.h>
              for details.

       -f slapd-config-file
              Specifies  the  slapd  configuration  file.   The   default   is
              /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.

       -r slapd-replog-file
              Specifies  the name of the slapd replication logfile.  Normally,
              the name of the replication log file is read from the slapd con-
              figuration file.  The file should be located in a directory with
              limited read/write/execute access.  The -r option allows you  to
              override  this.   In  conjunction  with  the  -o option, you can
              process a replication log file in a "one-shot" mode.  For  exam-
              ple,  if  slurpd has encountered errors in processing a replica-
              tion log, you can run it in one-shot mode and give the rejection
              file name as the argument to the -r option, once you've resolved
              the problem which caused the replication to fail.

       -o     Run in "one-shot" mode.  Normally, slurpd processes  the  replog
              file  and  then  watches  for  more  replication  entries  to be
              appended.  In one-shot mode, slurpd processes a replication  log
              and exits.

       -t temp-dir
              slurpd  copies the replication log to a working directory before
              processing  it.   The   directory   permissions   should   limit
              read/write/execute  access as temporary files may contain sensi-
              tive information.  This option allows you to specify  the  loca-
              tion  of  these temporary files.  The default is /usr/lib/openl-
              dap/openldap-slurp.

       -k srvtab-file
              Specify the location of the kerberos srvtab file which  contains
              keys  for  the  replica  slapd  instances.  Overrides the srvtab
              argument to the replica directive  in  the  slapd  configuration
              file.

EXAMPLES

       To  start  slurpd  and  have  it  fork and detach from the terminal and
       process the replication logs generated by slapd, just type:

            /usr/lib/slurpd

       To start slurpd with an alternate slapd configuration file, and turn on
       voluminous debugging which will be printed on standard error, type:

            /usr/lib/slurpd -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -d 255

SEE ALSO

       ldap(3), ldap.conf(5), slapd.conf(5), slapd.replog(5), slapd(8)

       "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP   is   developed   and  maintained  by  The  OpenLDAP  Project
       (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is  derived  from  University  of
       Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.2.24                   2005/03/15                        SLURPD(8C)