HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 plug-in reference
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX Directory Server plug-in reference
- Table of Contents
- Part I Introduction to Directory Server plug-ins
- 1 An overview of Directory Server plug-ins
- 2 Writing and compiling plug-ins
- 3 Configuring plug-ins
- 4 An example plug-in
- Part II Writing functions and plug-ins
- 5 Front end API functions
- 5.1 Logging messages
- 5.2 Adding notes to access log entries
- 5.3 Sending data to the client
- 5.4 Determining if an operation was abandoned
- 5.5 Working with entries, attributes, and values
- 5.6 Working with DNs and RDNs
- 5.7 Working with search filters
- 5.8 Checking passwords
- 6 Writing pre- and postoperation plug-ins
- 7 Defining functions for LDAP operations
- 7.1 Specifying start and close functions
- 7.2 Processing an LDAP bind operation
- 7.3 Processing an LDAP unbind operation
- 7.4 Processing an LDAP search operation
- 7.5 Processing an LDAP compare operation
- 7.6 Processing an LDAP add operation
- 7.7 Processing an LDAP modify operation
- 7.8 Processing an LDAP modify RDN operation
- 7.9 Processing an LDAP delete operation
- 7.10 Processing an LDAP abandon operation
- 8 Defining functions for authentication
- 8.1 Understanding authentication methods
- 8.2 How the Directory Server identifies clients
- 8.3 How the authentication process works
- 8.4 Writing your own authentication plug-in
- 8.5 Writing a preoperation bind plug-in
- 8.6 Using SASL with an LDAP client
- 9 Writing entry store/fetch plug-ins
- 10 Writing extended operation plug-ins
- 11 Writing matching rule plug-ins
- 11.1 Understanding matching rules
- 11.2 Understanding matching rule plug-ins
- 11.3 Indexing based on matching rules
- 11.4 Handling extensible match filters
- 11.4.1 How the server handles the filter
- 11.4.2 Query operators in matching rules
- 11.4.3 Writing a filter factory function
- 11.4.4 Getting and setting parameters in filter factory functions
- 11.4.5 Writing a filter index function
- 11.4.6 Getting and setting parameters in filter index functions
- 11.4.7 Writing a filter matching function
- 11.5 Handling sorting by matching rules
- 11.6 Writing a destructor function
- 11.7 Writing an initialization function
- 11.8 Registering matching rule functions
- 11.9 Specifying start and close functions
- 12 Using the custom distribution logic
- 13 Using data interoperability plug-ins
- 5 Front end API functions
- Part III Data type and structure reference
- 14 Data type and structure reference
- 14.1 berval
- 14.2 computed_attr_context
- 14.3 LDAPControl
- 14.4 LDAPMod
- 14.5 mrFilterMatchFn
- 14.6 plugin_referral_entry_callback
- 14.7 plugin_result_callback
- 14.8 plugin_search_entry_callback
- 14.9 send_ldap_referral_fn_ptr_t
- 14.10 send_ldap_result_fn_ptr_t
- 14.11 send_ldap_search_entry_fn_ptr_t
- 14.12 Slapi_Attr
- 14.13 Slapi_Back end
- 14.14 slapi_back end_state_change_fnptr
- 14.15 Slapi_ComponentID
- 14.16 slapi_compute_callback_t
- 14.17 slapi_compute_output_t
- 14.18 Slapi_Connection
- 14.19 Slapi_CondVar
- 14.20 Slapi_Counter
- 14.21 Slapi_DN
- 14.22 Slapi_Entry
- 14.23 Slapi_Filter
- 14.24 Slapi_MatchingRuleEntry
- 14.25 Slapi_Mod
- 14.26 Slapi_Mods
- 14.27 Slapi_Mutex
- 14.28 Slapi_Operation
- 14.29 Slapi_PBlock
- 14.30 Slapi_PluginDesc
- 14.31 Slapi_RDN
- 14.32 Slapi_Task
- 14.33 Slapi_UniqueID
- 14.34 Slapi_Value
- 14.35 Slapi_ValueSet
- 14.36 Synchronization callbacks and data types
- 14 Data type and structure reference
- Part IV Function reference
- 15 Distribution routines
- 16 Functions for access control
- 17 Functions for internal operations and plug-in callback
- 18 Functions for setting internal operation flags
- 19 Functions for handling attributes
- 19.1 slapi_attr_add_value()
- 19.2 slapi_attr_basetype()
- 19.3 slapi_attr_dup()
- 19.4 slapi_attr_first_value()
- 19.5 slapi_attr_flag_is_set()
- 19.6 slapi_attr_free()
- 19.7 slapi_attr_get_bervals_copy()
- 19.8 slapi_attr_get_flags()
- 19.9 slapi_attr_get_numvalues()
- 19.10 slapi_attr_get_oid_copy()
- 19.11 slapi_attr_get_type()
- 19.12 slapi_attr_get_valueset()
- 19.13 slapi_attr_init()
- 19.14 slapi_attr_new()
- 19.15 slapi_attr_next_value()
- 19.16 slapi_attr_set_valueset()
- 19.17 slapi_attr_syntax_normalize()
- 19.18 slapi_attr_type2plugin()
- 19.19 slapi_attr_type_cmp()
- 19.20 slapi_attr_types_equivalent()
- 19.21 slapi_attr_value_cmp()
- 19.22 slapi_attr_value_find()
- 19.23 slapi_valueset_set_from_smod()
- 20 Functions for managing back end operations
- 20.1 slapi_be_addsuffix()
- 20.2 slapi_be_delete_onexit()
- 20.3 slapi_be_exist()
- 20.4 slapi_be_free()
- 20.5 slapi_be_get_instance_info()
- 20.6 slapi_be_get_name()
- 20.7 slapi_be_get_readonly()
- 20.8 slapi_be_getentrypoint()
- 20.9 slapi_be_getsuffix()
- 20.10 slapi_be_gettype()
- 20.11 slapi_be_is_flag_set()
- 20.12 slapi_be_issuffix()
- 20.13 slapi_be_logchanges()
- 20.14 slapi_be_new()
- 20.15 slapi_be_private()
- 20.16 slapi_be_select()
- 20.17 slapi_be_select_by_instance_name()
- 20.18 slapi_be_set_flag()
- 20.19 slapi_be_set_instance_info()
- 20.20 slapi_be_set_readonly()
- 20.21 slapi_be_setentrypoint()
- 20.22 slapi_get_first_back end()
- 20.23 slapi_get_first_suffix()
- 20.24 slapi_get_next_back end()
- 20.25 slapi_get_next_suffix()
- 20.26 slapi_is_root_suffix()
- 20.27 slapi_register_back end_state_change()
- 20.28 slapi_unregister_back end_state_change()
- 21 Functions for dealing with controls
- 22 Functions for syntax plug-ins
- 23 Functions for managing memory
- 24 Functions for managing entries
- 24.1 slapi_entry2str()
- 24.2 slapi_entry2str_with_options()
- 24.3 slapi_entry_add_rdn_values()
- 24.4 slapi_entry_add_string()
- 24.5 slapi_entry_add_value()
- 24.6 slapi_entry_add_values_sv()
- 24.7 slapi_entry_add_valueset()
- 24.8 slapi_entry_alloc()
- 24.9 slapi_entry_apply_mods()
- 24.10 slapi_entry_attr_delete()
- 24.11 slapi_entry_attr_find()
- 24.12 slapi_entry_attr_get_bool()
- 24.13 slapi_entry_attr_get_charptr()
- 24.14 slapi_entry_attr_get_charray()
- 24.15 slapi_entry_attr_get_int()
- 24.16 slapi_entry_attr_get_long()
- 24.17 slapi_entry_attr_get_uint()
- 24.18 slapi_entry_attr_get_ulong()
- 24.19 slapi_entry_attr_has_syntax_value()
- 24.20 slapi_entry_attr_merge_sv()
- 24.21 slapi_entry_attr_replace_sv()
- 24.22 slapi_entry_attr_set_charptr()
- 24.23 slapi_entry_attr_set_int()
- 24.24 slapi_entry_attr_set_long()
- 24.25 slapi_entry_attr_set_uint()
- 24.26 slapi_entry_attr_set_ulong()
- 24.27 slapi_entry_delete_string()
- 24.28 slapi_entry_delete_values_sv()
- 24.29 slapi_entry_dup()
- 24.30 slapi_entry_first_attr()
- 24.31 slapi_entry_free()
- 24.32 slapi_entry_get_dn()
- 24.33 slapi_entry_get_dn_const()
- 24.34 slapi_entry_get_ndn()
- 24.35 slapi_entry_get_sdn()
- 24.36 slapi_entry_get_sdn_const()
- 24.37 slapi_entry_get_uniqueid()
- 24.38 slapi_entry_has_children()
- 24.39 slapi_entry_init()
- 24.40 slapi_entry_merge_values_sv()
- 24.41 slapi_entry_next_attr()
- 24.42 slapi_entry_rdn_values_present()
- 24.43 slapi_entry_schema_check()
- 24.44 slapi_entry_set_dn()
- 24.45 slapi_entry_set_sdn()
- 24.46 slapi_entry_set_uniqueid()
- 24.47 slapi_entry_size()
- 24.48 slapi_is_rootdse()
- 24.49 slapi_str2entry()
- 25 Functions related to entry flags
- 26 Functions for dealing with filters
- 26.1 slapi_filter_apply()
- 26.2 slapi_filter_compare()
- 26.3 slapi_filter_dup()
- 26.4 slapi_filter_free()
- 26.5 slapi_filter_get_attribute_type()
- 26.6 slapi_filter_get_ava()
- 26.7 slapi_filter_get_choice()
- 26.8 slapi_filter_get_subfilt()
- 26.9 slapi_filter_get_type()
- 26.10 slapi_filter_join()
- 26.11 slapi_filter_join_ex()
- 26.12 slapi_filter_list_first()
- 26.13 slapi_filter_list_next()
- 26.14 slapi_filter_test()
- 26.15 slapi_filter_test_ext()
- 26.16 slapi_filter_test_simple()
- 26.17 slapi_find_matching_paren()
- 26.18 slapi_str2filter()
- 26.19 slapi_vattr_filter_test()
- 27 Functions specific to extended operation
- 28 Functions specific to bind methods
- 29 Functions for thread-safe LDAP connections
- 30 Functions for logging
- 31 Functions for counters
- 32 Functions for handling matching rules
- 32.1 slapi_berval_cmp()
- 32.2 slapi_matchingrule_free()
- 32.3 slapi_matchingrule_get()
- 32.4 slapi_matchingrule_is_ordering()
- 32.5 slapi_matchingrule_new()
- 32.6 slapi_matchingrule_register()
- 32.7 slapi_matchingrule_set()
- 32.8 slapi_matchingrule_unregister()
- 32.9 slapi_mr_filter_index()
- 32.10 slapi_mr_indexer_create()
- 33 Functions for LDAPMod manipulation
- 33.1 slapi_entry2mods()
- 33.2 slapi_mod_add_value()
- 33.3 slapi_mod_done()
- 33.4 slapi_mod_dump()
- 33.5 slapi_mod_free()
- 33.6 slapi_mod_get_first_value()
- 33.7 slapi_mod_get_ldapmod_byref()
- 33.8 slapi_mod_get_ldapmod_passout()
- 33.9 slapi_mod_get_next_value()
- 33.10 slapi_mod_get_num_values()
- 33.11 slapi_mod_get_operation()
- 33.12 slapi_mod_get_type()
- 33.13 slapi_mod_init()
- 33.14 slapi_mod_init_byref()
- 33.15 slapi_mod_init_byval()
- 33.16 slapi_mod_init_passin()
- 33.17 slapi_mod_init_valueset_byval()
- 33.18 slapi_mod_isvalid()
- 33.19 slapi_mod_new()
- 33.20 slapi_mod_remove_value()
- 33.21 slapi_mod_set_operation()
- 33.22 slapi_mod_set_type()
- 33.23 slapi_mods2entry()
- 33.24 slapi_mods_add()
- 33.25 slapi_mods_add_ldapmod()
- 33.26 slapi_mods_add_mod_values()
- 33.27 slapi_mods_add_smod()
- 33.28 slapi_mods_add_modbvps()
- 33.29 slapi_mods_add_string()
- 33.30 slapi_mods_done()
- 33.31 slapi_mods_dump()
- 33.32 slapi_mods_free()
- 33.33 slapi_mods_get_first_mod()
- 33.34 slapi_mods_get_first_smod()
- 33.35 slapi_mods_get_ldapmods_byref()
- 33.36 slapi_mods_get_ldapmods_passout()
- 33.37 slapi_mods_get_next_mod()
- 33.38 slapi_mods_get_next_smod()
- 33.39 slapi_mods_get_num_mods()
- 33.40 slapi_mods_init()
- 33.41 slapi_mods_init_byref()
- 33.42 slapi_mods_init_passin()
- 33.43 slapi_mods_insert_after()
- 33.44 slapi_mods_insert_at()
- 33.45 slapi_mods_insert_before()
- 33.46 slapi_mods_insert_smod_at()
- 33.47 slapi_mods_insert_smod_before()
- 33.48 slapi_mods_iterator_backone()
- 33.49 slapi_mods_new()
- 33.50 slapi_mods_remove()
- 34 Functions for monitoring operations
- 35 Functions for managing parameter block
- 36 Functions for handling passwords
- 37 Functions for managing RDNs
- 37.1 slapi_rdn_add()
- 37.2 slapi_rdn_compare()
- 37.3 slapi_rdn_contains()
- 37.4 slapi_rdn_contains_attr()
- 37.5 slapi_rdn_done()
- 37.6 slapi_rdn_free()
- 37.7 slapi_rdn_get_first()
- 37.8 slapi_rdn_get_index()
- 37.9 slapi_rdn_get_index_attr()
- 37.10 slapi_rdn_get_next()
- 37.11 slapi_rdn_get_num_components()
- 37.12 slapi_rdn_get_rdn()
- 37.13 slapi_rdn_get_nrdn()
- 37.14 slapi_rdn_init()
- 37.15 slapi_rdn_init_dn()
- 37.16 slapi_rdn_init_rdn()
- 37.17 slapi_rdn_init_sdn()
- 37.18 slapi_rdn_isempty()
- 37.19 slapi_rdn_new()
- 37.20 slapi_rdn_new_dn()
- 37.21 slapi_rdn_new_rdn()
- 37.22 slapi_rdn_new_sdn()
- 37.23 slapi_rdn_remove()
- 37.24 slapi_rdn_remove_attr()
- 37.25 slapi_rdn_remove_index()
- 37.26 slapi_rdn_set_dn()
- 37.27 slapi_rdn_set_rdn()
- 37.28 slapi_rdn_set_sdn()
- 37.29 slapi_rdn2typeval()
- 38 Functions for managing roles
- 39 Functions for managing DNs
- 39.1 slapi_dn_isroot()
- 39.2 slapi_dn_normalize_case()
- 39.3 slapi_dn_normalize_to_end()
- 39.4 slapi_moddn_get_newdn()
- 39.5 slapi_sdn_add_rdn()
- 39.6 slapi_sdn_compare()
- 39.7 slapi_sdn_copy()
- 39.8 slapi_sdn_done()
- 39.9 slapi_sdn_dup()
- 39.10 slapi_sdn_free()
- 39.11 slapi_sdn_get_back end_parent()
- 39.12 slapi_sdn_get_dn()
- 39.13 slapi_sdn_get_ndn()
- 39.14 slapi_sdn_get_ndn_len()
- 39.15 slapi_sdn_get_parent()
- 39.16 slapi_sdn_get_rdn()
- 39.17 slapi_sdn_is_rdn_component()
- 39.18 slapi_sdn_isempty()
- 39.19 slapi_sdn_isgrandparent()
- 39.20 slapi_sdn_isparent()
- 39.21 slapi_sdn_issuffix()
- 39.22 slapi_sdn_new()
- 39.23 slapi_sdn_new_dn_byref()
- 39.24 slapi_sdn_new_dn_byval()
- 39.25 slapi_sdn_new_dn_passin()
- 39.26 slapi_sdn_new_ndn_byref()
- 39.27 slapi_sdn_new_ndn_byval()
- 39.28 slapi_sdn_scope_test()
- 39.29 slapi_sdn_set_dn_byref()
- 39.30 slapi_sdn_set_dn_byval()
- 39.31 slapi_sdn_set_dn_passin()
- 39.32 slapi_sdn_set_ndn_byref()
- 39.33 slapi_sdn_set_ndn_byval()
- 39.34 slapi_sdn_set_parent()
- 39.35 slapi_sdn_set_rdn()
- 40 Functions for sending entries and results to the client
- 41 Functions related to UTF-8
- 41.1 slapi_has8thBit()
- 41.2 slapi_utf8casecmp()
- 41.3 slapi_UTF8CASECMP()
- 41.4 slapi_utf8ncasecmp()
- 41.5 slapi_UTF8NCASECMP()
- 41.6 slapi_utf8isLower()
- 41.7 slapi_UTF8ISLOWER()
- 41.8 slapi_utf8isUpper()
- 41.9 slapi_UTF8ISUPPER()
- 41.10 slapi_utf8StrToLower()
- 41.11 slapi_UTF8STRTOLOWER()
- 41.12 slapi_utf8StrToUpper()
- 41.13 slapi_UTF8STRTOUPPER()
- 41.14 slapi_utf8ToLower()
- 41.15 slapi_UTF8TOLOWER()
- 41.16 slapi_utf8ToUpper()
- 41.17 slapi_UTF8TOUPPER()
- 42 Functions for handling values
- 42.1 slapi_value_compare()
- 42.2 slapi_value_dup()
- 42.3 slapi_value_free()
- 42.4 slapi_value_get_berval()
- 42.5 slapi_value_get_int()
- 42.6 slapi_value_get_length()
- 42.7 slapi_value_get_long()
- 42.8 slapi_value_get_string()
- 42.9 slapi_value_get_uint()
- 42.10 slapi_value_get_ulong()
- 42.11 slapi_value_init()
- 42.12 slapi_value_init_berval()
- 42.13 slapi_value_init_string()
- 42.14 slapi_value_init_string_passin()
- 42.15 slapi_value_new()
- 42.16 slapi_value_new_berval()
- 42.17 slapi_value_new_string()
- 42.18 slapi_value_new_string_passin()
- 42.19 slapi_value_new_value()
- 42.20 slapi_value_set()
- 42.21 slapi_value_set_berval()
- 42.22 slapi_value_set_int()
- 42.23 slapi_value_set_string()
- 42.24 slapi_value_set_string_passin()
- 42.25 slapi_value_set_value()
- 43 Functions for handling valuesets
- 43.1 slapi_valueset_add_value()
- 43.2 slapi_valueset_add_value_ext()
- 43.3 slapi_valueset_count()
- 43.4 slapi_valueset_done()
- 43.5 slapi_valueset_find()
- 43.6 slapi_valueset_first_value()
- 43.7 slapi_valueset_free()
- 43.8 slapi_valueset_init()
- 43.9 slapi_valueset_new()
- 43.10 slapi_valueset_next_value()
- 43.11 slapi_valueset_set_from_smod()
- 43.12 slapi_valueset_set_valueset()
- 44 Functions specific to virtual attribute service
- 45 Functions for managing locks and synchronization
- 46 Functions for managing computed attributes
- 47 Functions for manipulating bits
- 48 Functions for registering object extensions
- 49 Functions related to data interoperability
- 50 Functions for registering additional plug-ins
- 51 Functions for server tasks
- 51.1 slapi_destroy_task()
- 51.2 slapi_new_task()
- 51.3 slapi_task_begin()
- 51.4 slapi_task_cancel()
- 51.5 slapi_task_dec_refcount()
- 51.6 slapi_task_finish()
- 51.7 slapi_task_get_data()
- 51.8 slapi_task_get_refcount()
- 51.9 slapi_task_get_state()
- 51.10 slapi_task_inc_progress()
- 51.11 slapi_task_inc_refcount()
- 51.12 slapi_task_log_notice()
- 51.13 slapi_task_log_status()
- 51.14 slapi_task_register_handler()
- 51.15 slapi_task_set_data()
- 51.16 slapi_task_set_cancel_fn()
- 51.17 slapi_task_set_destructor_fn()
- 51.18 slapi_task_status_changed()
- Part V Parameter block reference
- 52 Parameters for registering plug-in functions
- 53 Parameters accessible to all plug-ins
- 53.1 Information about the database
- 53.2 Information about the connection
- 53.3 Information about the operation
- 53.4 Information about extended operations
- 53.5 Information about the transaction
- 53.6 Information about access control lists
- 53.7 Notes in the access log
- 53.8 Information about the plug-in
- 53.9 Information about command-line arguments
- 53.10 Information about attributes
- 53.11 Information about targets
- 54 Parameters for the bind function
- 55 Parameters for the search function
- 56 Parameters that convert strings to entries
- 57 Parameters for the add function
- 58 Parameters for the compare function
- 59 Parameters for the delete function
- 60 Parameters for the modify function
- 61 Parameters for the modify RDN function
- 62 Parameters for the abandon function
- 63 Parameters for the matching rule function
- 64 Parameters for LDBM back end pre- and postoperation functions
- 65 Parameters for the database
- 66 Parameters for LDAP functions
- 67 Parameters for error logging
- 68 Parameters for filters
- 69 Parameters for password storage
- 70 Parameters for resource limits
- 71 Parameters for the virtual attribute service
- Part VI Support and other resources
- Glossary
- Index
11.3.6 Getting and setting parameters in indexer functions
The following table summarizes the different parameters that the indexer function should get
and set in the parameter block that is passed in.
Table 11-2 Input and output parameters available to an indexer function
DescriptionData typeParameter name
Input parameter. Pointer to an array of berval
structures containing the values of the entry's
attributes that need to be indexed.
struct berval **SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_VALUES
Input parameter. Pointer to the indexer object
created by the indexer factory function. Refer to
“Writing the indexer factory function”, for details.
void *SLAPI_PLUGIN_OBJECT
Output parameter. Keys generated for the values
specified in the SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_VALUES
parameter. The server creates indexes using these
keys.
struct berval **SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_KEYS
11.4 Handling extensible match filters
This section explains how to set up the server to process searches that use extensible match filters
(matching rules).
Note:
You also need to define an initialization function to register your filter factory function.
11.4.1 How the server handles the filter
When the server processes a search request that has an extensible match filter, the server performs
the following tasks:
1. First, the server finds the plug-in associated with this OID, if an association between the
OID and plug-in has already been made.
If no association has been made, the server attempts to find a matching rule plug-in that
handles the OID. Refer to “How the server associates plug-ins with OIDs”, for details.
2. The server then attempts to generate a list of search result candidates from the indexes. In
a new Slapi_PBlock parameter block:
a. The server puts the filter object in the SLAPI_PLUGIN_OBJECT parameter and calls
the filter index function (specified in the SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_FILTER_INDEX_FN
parameter).
b. The server checks the value of the SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_QUERY_OPERATOR parameter.
If the operator is a known type (such as SLAPI_OP_EQUAL), the server will use the
operator when searching the index for candidates. For details, refer to “Query operators
in matching rules”.
c. The server sets the SLAPI_PLUGIN_MR_VALUES parameter to each of the values
specified in the filter and calls the indexer function (which is specified in the
11.4 Handling extensible match filters 93