add clarification related to ITS#5166

[openldap] / doc / man / man5 / slapd-null.5

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-null.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-null.5
index 02ef95283e7a2d4b1610c18c034f31123d925bcf..8a28a51040732b7566a91efdbfc040e70778e796 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-null.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-null.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH SLAPD-NULL 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 2002-2005 The OpenLDAP Foundation.  All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 2002-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation.  All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .\" $OpenLDAP$
 .SH NAME
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ is surely the most useful part of
 .br
 - Updates return success (unless readonly is on) but do nothing.
 .br
-- Binds fail unless the database option "bind on" is given.
+- Binds other than as the rootdn fail unless the database option "bind
+on" is given.
+.br
+- The
+.BR slapadd (8)
+and
+.BR slapcat (8)
+tools are equally exciting.
 .br
 Inspired by the /dev/null device.
 .SH CONFIGURATION
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ Other database options are described in the
 manual page.
 .TP
 .B bind <on/off>
-Allow binds as DNs in this backend's suffix.
+Allow binds as any DN in this backend's suffix, with any password.
 The default is "off".
 .SH EXAMPLE
 Here is a possible slapd.conf extract using the Null backend:
@@ -55,4 +62,6 @@ ETCDIR/slapd.conf
 default slapd configuration file
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR slapd.conf (5),
-.BR slapd (8).
+.BR slapd (8),
+.BR slapadd (8),
+.BR slapcat (8).