This chapter contains reference information on Red Hat Directory Server plug-ins.

The configuration for each part of Directory Server plug-in functionality has its own separate entry and set of attributes under the subtree cn=plugins, cn=config.

dn: cn=Telephone Syntax, cn=plugins, cn=config
objectclass: top
objectclass: nsSlapdPlugin
objectclass: extensibleObject
cn: Telephone Syntax
nsslapd-pluginPath: libsyntax-plugin
nsslapd-pluginInitfunc: tel_init
nsslapd-pluginType: syntax
nsslapd-pluginEnabled: on

Some of these attributes are common to all plug-ins while others may be particular to a specific plug-in. Check which attributes are currently being used by a given plug-in by performing an ldapsearch on the cn=config subtree.

All plug-ins are instances of the nsSlapdPlugin object class, which in turn inherits from the extensibleObject object class. For plug-in configuration attributes to be taken into account by the server, both of these object classes (in addition to the top object class) must be present in the entry, as shown in the following example:

dn:cn=ACL Plugin, cn=plugins, cn=config
objectclass:top
objectclass:nsSlapdPlugin
objectclass:extensibleObject