LDAP_ALIAS_MANAGER.CONF(5)

💖 LDAP_ALIAS_MANAGER.CONF 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the ldap_alias_manager.conf manual page from the sympa world, and it's literally just a little config file that runs the whole LDAP alias situation. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

ldap_alias_manager.conf — the config file for LDAP alias management, aka the vibe check your alias manager has to pass before it touches your directory 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the tea: ldap_alias_manager.conf is what ldap_alias_manager(8) reads. it's the thing that lets you manage mail aliases inside an LDAP directory. adorable, right?

and if you want sympa to actually use the ldap_alias_manager.pl script? you gotta go edit the alias_manager parameter in sympa.conf. that's the assignment. no skipping it 💅

the format of ldap_alias_manager.conf is giving very much simple, and it goes like this:

• lines starting with # and lines that are just spaces? ignored. literally invisible. they don't exist to us.
• every line is shaped like parameter value. and yes the value can have spaces in it — slay — but it cannot have newlines. periodt.

🎀 Parameters 🎀

• ldap_host <host> — Mandatory. this is the LDAP server host. your directory's address, if you will. Example:

ldap_host ldap.example.com

• ldap_bind_dn <distinguished name> — Mandatory. the LDAP bind DN. yes it's long, yes it's important, yes you have to type it out fully. Example:

ldap_bind_dn cn=sympa,ou=services,dc=example,dc=com

• ldap_bind_pwd <secret> — Mandatory. the LDAP bind password. keep it secret, keep it safe 🫶 Example:

ldap_bind_pwd secret

• ldap_base_dn <distinguished name> — Mandatory. the LDAP base DN. where in the tree we're hanging out. Example:

ldap_base_dn ou=mail,dc=example,dc=com

• ldap_mail_attribute <attribute name> — Mandatory. which LDAP attribute counts as the mail attribute. Example:

ldap_mail_attribute mail

• ldap_ssl <0/1> — Mandatory. turns TLS (SSL) on for the connection to the LDAP server. 0 or 1, pick your fighter. Example:

ldap_ssl 0

• ldap_ssl_version <sslv2 /sslv3 / tlsv1 / tlsv1_1 / tlsv1_2> — Mandatory if ldap_ssl is 1. this is the protocol version of TLS. so if you turned SSL on, you gotta say which flavor, bestie, no ghosting this setting. Example:

ldap_ssl_version tlsv1

• ldap_cachain <file path> — the LDAP CA chain file. the certificate lunchbox 📁 Example:

ldap_cachain /etc/ldap/cert/cachain.pem

• queue_transport <name> — Mandatory. the Postfix transport parameter for the queue. Example:

queue_transport sympa

• bouncequeue_transport <name> — Mandatory. the Postfix transport parameter for the bouncequeue. Example:

bouncequeue_transport   sympabounce

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🦋 FILES 🦋

• $SYSCONFDIR/ldap_alias_manager.conf — the configuration file itself. that's her. that's the one 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• ldap_alias_manager(8) — go read that one too, bestie, they're a matching set 💜

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and that's the whole page fr fr 💖 this was the ldap_alias_manager.conf situation as brought to you by sympa version 6.2.80, dated 2026-10-19. iconic, honestly. go forth and alias responsibly 🎀✨