-.TH SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "25 April 2002" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.TH SLAPD-PASSWD 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 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 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
-The
-.BR slapd.conf (5)
-options in this category apply to the PASSWD backend database.
-That is, they must follow a "database passwd" line and come before any
+This
+.B slapd.conf
+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)
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
+default slapd configuration file
+.TP
+/etc/passwd
+user account information
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR slapd.conf (5),
.BR slapd (8),
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