---
name: "slapo-collect"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "openldap"
version: "2.7.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slapo-collect"
---

# slapo-collect(5)

Collective attributes overlay to slapd

## NAME

slapo-collect - Collective attributes overlay to slapd

## SYNOPSIS

/etc/openldap/slapd.conf

## DESCRIPTION

The collect overlay is used to provide a relatively coarse implementation of RFC 3671 collective attributes. In X.500, a collective attribute is "a user attribute whose values are the same for each member of an entry collection".

Collective attributes are added to entries returned by a search operation when the entry is within the scope of the related ancestor. Collective attributes can only be modified when the modification affects the related ancestor.

## CONFIGURATION

This **slapd.conf** option applies to the collect overlay. It should appear after the **overlay** directive.

- **collectinfo \<DN\> \<attrlist\>**

  Specify the **DN** of the ancestor entry and the set of related collective attributes, where **attrlist** is a comma-separated list of attributes. The **DN** should be within the naming context of the database.

## FILES

- /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

  default slapd configuration file

## SEE ALSO

[**slapd.conf**(5)](/slapd.conf/5.md), [**slapd-config**(5)](/slapd-config/5.md), The [**slapo-collect**(5)](/slapo-collect/5.md) overlay supports dynamic configuration via **back-config**.

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was written in 2003 by Howard Chu. This man page was written in 2008 by Pierangelo Masarati. **OpenLDAP Software** is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project \<http://www.openldap.org/\>. **OpenLDAP Software** is derived from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.