-.TH SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "30 April 2002" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.TH SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.\" Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
.BR slapd (8)
serves up the user account information listed in the system
.BR passwd (5)
-file.
+file. This backend is provided for demonstration purposes only.
+The DN of each entry is "uid=<username>,<suffix>".
+Note that non-base searches scan the the entire passwd file, and
+are best suited for hosts with small passwd files.
.SH CONFIGURATION
-These
+This
.B slapd.conf
-options apply to the PASSWD backend database.
-That is, they must follow a "database passwd" line and come before any
+option applies to the PASSWD backend database.
+That is, it must follow a "database passwd" line and come before any
subsequent "backend" or "database" lines.
Other database options are described in the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
The default is
.BR /etc/passwd .
.SH FILES
+.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
-.br
+default slapd configuration file
+.TP
/etc/passwd
+user account information
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR slapd.conf (5),
.BR slapd (8),