Mention the config database type

[openldap] / doc / guide / admin / slapdconf2.sdf

diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/slapdconf2.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/slapdconf2.sdf
index beab617ee85de4fea10c91936e3672336f6a3438..8f9d607fa21752d390cfedf4d07f556c9a8f1daa 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guide/admin/slapdconf2.sdf
+++ b/doc/guide/admin/slapdconf2.sdf
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ supported backend types listed in Table 5.2.
        title="Table 5.2: Database Backends"
 Types  Description
 bdb    Berkeley DB transactional backend
+config Slapd configuration backend
 dnssrv DNS SRV backend
+hdb    Hierarchical variant of bdb backend
 ldap   Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Proxy) backend
 ldbm   Lightweight DBM backend
 ldif   Lightweight Data Interchange Format backend
@@ -391,9 +393,10 @@ sql        SQL Programmable backend
 
 >      olcBackend: bdb
 
-There are no other directives defined for this entry, so generally
-it will not be needed. However, specific backend types may define
-additional attributes for their particular use.
+There are no other directives defined for this entry.  Specific backend
+types may define additional attributes for their particular use but so
+far none have ever been defined.  As such, these directives usually do
+not appear in any actual configurations.
 
 
 H4: Sample Entry
@@ -421,6 +424,11 @@ database-level options that should be applied to all the other
 databases. Subsequent database definitions may also override some
 frontend settings.
 
+The {{EX:config}} database is also special; both the {{EX:config}} and
+the {{EX:frontend}} databases are always created implicitly even if they
+are not explicitly configured, and they are created before any other
+databases.
+
 \Example:
 
 >      olcDatabase: bdb
@@ -765,12 +773,19 @@ If specified multiple times, each {{TERM:URL}} is provided.
 >      olcUpdateref:   ldap://master.example.net
 
 
-H4: Sample Entry
+H4: Sample Entries
 
 >dn: olcDatabase=frontend,cn=config
 >objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+>objectClass: olcFrontendConfig
 >olcDatabase: frontend
 >olcReadOnly: FALSE
+>
+>dn: olcDatabase=config,cn=config
+>objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
+>olcDatabase: config
+>olcRootDN: cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com
+
 
 H3: BDB and HDB Database Directives