---
name: "slapo-nops"
section: "5"
platform: "macos"
package: "OpenLDAP"
version: "561"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slapo-nops"
---

# slapo-nops(5)

Remove Null Operations Overlay to slapd

## NAME

slapo-nops - Remove Null Operations Overlay to slapd

## SYNOPSIS

ETCDIR/slapd.conf

## DESCRIPTION

Some broken client tend to implement modifications as replace operations where all attributes are replaced, most of the time by the same values they had before. This can cause undesirable load on logs, ACL evaluation,  or replication trafic.

This overlay detects idempotent replace operations and filter them out.

## CONFIGURATION

This overlay had no specific configuration.

## EXAMPLES

```
overlay nops
```

## FILES

- ETCDIR/slapd.conf

  default slapd configuration file

## SEE ALSO

[**slapd.conf**(5)](/slapd.conf/5.md).

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was written in 2008 by Emmanuel Dreyfus.