what is .schema files in openLDAP

what are files in /etc/openldap/schema/ that somet开发者_运维技巧imes included in slapd.conf?

It the schema of you Directory. It defines a set of rules, which specify types of objects a directory may contain and the required and optional attributes entries of different types should have. A LDAP schema may also specify the namespace structure and the relationship between different types of objects. I think you need to read a bit more on how a directory works.

I hope it helps.

JP