docs/manpages-4/ldb.7.xml

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   3 <refentry id="ldb.7">
   4
   5 <refmeta>
   6         <refentrytitle>ldb</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
   8 </refmeta>
   9
  10
  11 <refnamediv>
  12         <refname>ldb</refname>
  13         <refpurpose>Lightweight DataBase</refpurpose>
  14 </refnamediv>
  15
  16 <refsect1>
  17         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  18
  19         <para>Ldb is a library providing simple LDAP-like database system that
  20                 can use either tdb or LDAP as its backend. It's internal API is similar to
  21         that of LDAP.</para>
  22
  23         <para>ldb is used heavily in Samba 4. It's aim is to provide a LDAP-like
  24                 database system at all times, even when no LDAP server is available.
  25         </para>
  26 </refsect1>
  27
  28 <refsect1>
  29         <title>LDB URLS</title>
  30
  31         <para>FIXME</para>
  32
  33 </refsect1>
  34
  35 <refsect1>
  36         <title>FUNCTIONS</title>
  37
  38         <variablelist>
  39                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_connect(2)</term>
  40                         <listitem><para>
  41                                         Connect to an LDAP server or local LDB database stored in TDB.
  42                         </para></listitem>
  43                 </varlistentry>
  44                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_close(2)</term>
  45                         <listitem><para>
  46                                         Close connection to the server.
  47                         </para></listitem>
  48                 </varlistentry>
  49                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_search(2)</term>
  50                         <listitem><para>
  51                                         Search for specified attributes of records that match a LDAP-like search string.
  52                         </para></listitem>
  53                 </varlistentry>
  54                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_search_free(2)</term>
  55                         <listitem><para>
  56                                         Free search results.
  57                         </para></listitem>
  58                 </varlistentry>
  59                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_add(2)</term>
  60                         <listitem><para>
  61                                         Add records.
  62                         </para></listitem>
  63                 </varlistentry>
  64                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_modify(2)</term>
  65                         <listitem><para>
  66                                         Modify records.
  67                         </para></listitem>
  68                 </varlistentry>
  69                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_delete(2)</term>
  70                         <listitem><para>
  71                                         Delete records.
  72                         </para></listitem>
  73                 </varlistentry>
  74                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_errstring(2)</term>
  75                         <listitem><para>
  76                                         Return extended error information from last call.
  77                         </para></listitem>
  78                 </varlistentry>
  79                 <varlistentry><term>ldb_casefold(2)</term>
  80                         <listitem><para>
  81                                         Casefold a string.
  82                         </para></listitem>
  83                 </varlistentry>
  84                 <!-- FIXME -->
  85         </variablelist>
  86 </refsect1>
  87
  88 <refsect1>
  89         <title>PERFORMANCE</title>
  90
  91         <para>FIXME</para>
  92 </refsect1>
  93
  94 <refsect1>
  95         <title>COMPATIBILITY WITH LDAP</title>
  96         <para>FIXME</para>
  97 </refsect1>
  98
  99 <refsect1>
 100         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 101
 102         <para>ldap</para>
 103 </refsect1>
 104
 105 <refsect1>
 106         <title>VERSION</title>
 107
 108         <para>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
 109 </refsect1>
 110
 111 <refsect1>
 112         <title>AUTHOR</title>
 113
 114         <para>ldb was written by Andrew Tridgell. </para>
 115
 116         <para>This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij. </para>
 117
 118 </refsect1>
 119
 120 </refentry>