The LDAP configuration file

Who to grant access to

The who part identifies the entity or entities being granted access. Note that access is granted to entities not entries. Entities can be specified by the special ``*'' identifier, matching any entry, the keyword self matching the entry protected by the access, or by a regular expression matching an entry's distinguished name:

   dn=regular expression
Note that the DN pattern specified should be ``normalized'', meaning that there should be no extra spaces, and commas should be used to separate components.

Otherwise, entities can be specified by a regular expression matching the client's IP address or domain name:

   addr=regular expression
   domain=regular expression
or by an entry listed in a DN-valued attribute in the entry to which the access applies:
   dnattr=dn-valued attribute name
The dnattr specification is used to give access to an entry whose DN is listed in an attribute of the entry (for example, give access to a group entry to whoever is listed as the owner of the group entry).
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