.TH SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2013 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
-slapd-passwd \- /etc/passwd backend to slapd
+slapd\-passwd \- /etc/passwd backend to slapd
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR passwd (5)
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
+Note that non-base searches scan the entire passwd file, and
are best suited for hosts with small passwd files.
.SH CONFIGURATION
This
Specifies an alternate passwd file to use.
The default is
.BR /etc/passwd .
+.SH ACCESS CONTROL
+The
+.B passwd
+backend does not honor any of the access control semantics described in
+.BR slapd.access (5).
+Only
+.B read (=r)
+access to the
+.B entry
+pseudo-attribute and to the other attribute values of the entries
+returned by the
+.B search
+operation is honored, which is performed by the frontend.
+
.SH FILES
.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf