clarify cookie in MM and MMR

[openldap] / doc / man / man8 / slapd.8

diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
index 7064bf87831521ed65c163586c28c2676d7d1c8d..1e2c555a0ca458a1631ce14ad548e15a21df0c7f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ slapd will use the group database in the change root environment.
 .TP
 .BI \-c " cookie"
 This option provides a cookie for the syncrepl replication consumer.
-The cookie is a comma separated list of name=value pairs.
+The cookie is a comma separated list of \fIname=value\fP pairs.
 Currently supported syncrepl cookie fields are
-.B rid,
-.B sid
+.BR rid ,
+.BR sid ,
 and
-.B csn.
+.BR csn .
 .B rid
 identifies a replication thread within the consumer server
 and is used to find the syncrepl specification in 
@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ is the server id in a multi-master/mirror-mode configuration.
 is the commit sequence number received by a previous synchronization
 and represents the state of the consumer replica content which the
 syncrepl engine will synchronize to the current provider content.
+In case of \fImirror-mode\fP or \fImulti-master\fP replication agreement,
+multiple
+.B csn
+values, semicolon separated, can appear.
+Use only the 
+.B rid
+part to force a full reload.
 .TP
 .BI \-o " option[=value]"
 This option provides a generic means to specify options without the need to reserve