Openldap script backend

Openldap allows you to customize the backend in several ways. The most usefull in order to prepare a prototype is shellbackend.
With this backend you can create a custom shellscript or executable and use it to return a ldap response.

References

Introduction to the slapd backend

Reference guide for slapd configuration

Configuration

############  LDAP SCRIPT  ##################################
database shell
suffix          "o=shell,dc=sia,dc=es"
search          /opt/soft/openldap/libexec/searchSamle.sh
#######################################################################

code

#! /bin/bash
output() {
printf '%s\n' "$*"

}
echo $?>"/opt/soft/openldap/var/log/log.data"
while true
do
read data
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo $data>>"/opt/soft/openldap/var/log/log.data"
else
break
fi
done
output "dn: cn=Boris Norris,o=shell,dc=sia,dc=es"
output "cn: Boris Norris"
output ""
output "RESULT"
output "code: 0"
exit 0