cn=config support for non-overlay modules and naming conventions

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@symas.com>]

The slapo-ppolicy overlay has a parameter for loading an external module 
for doing additional password checks.  One example of this would be the LTB 
project's PPM (password policy module) extension.

However, we currently have no method in OpenLDAP for supporting 
configuration for such a module via cn=config.  Using this module, we can 
see two basic issues:

a) There needs to be a way to load schema for the module for whatever its 
configuration items are

b) There needs to be a way to use so that it can have multiple policies 
(similar to ppolicy) so that you can have different password checking 
policies.  Something like: pwdCheckModule <modulepath> <policyDN>.  In this 
way, you could have multiple password policies with different password 
check requirements.

Additionally, we currently do not have a standard on a naming convention 
for manual pages, etc, for such an item.  I would propose slapm-<name> (m 
for module), such as "slapm-ppm.5"

Thoughts etc welcome.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Product Architect
Symas Corporation
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