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(ITS#9003) Update slapd-ldap(5) idassert-authzfrom for policy difference



Full_Name: Quanah Gibson-Mount
Version: 2.4.47
OS: N/A
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (47.208.144.40)


The slapd-ldap(5) man page has the following statement:

       idassert-authzFrom <authz-regexp>
              if  defined,  selects  what  local  identities are authorized to
              exploit the identity  assertion  feature.   The  string  <authz-
              regexp>  follows  the rules defined for the authzFrom attribute.
              See slapd.conf(5), section related to authz-policy, for  details
              on the syntax of this field.

However, it deviates from the rules laid out in the authz-policy section in that
the special case of "*" has a different meaning for slapd-ldap/slapd-meta.  In
their case, this *allows* anonymous, while in the authz-policy case, anonymous
is denied.  This exception to the normal behavior needs to be noted.