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.TH SLAPD 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.SH NAME
operation and status messages are printed for any value of \fIdebug\-level\fP.
\fIdebug\-level\fP is taken as a bit string, with each bit corresponding to a
different kind of debugging information. See <ldap.h> for details.
+Comma-separated arrays of friendly names can be specified to select
+debugging output of the corresponding debugging information.
+All the names recognized by the \fIloglevel\fP directive
+described in \fBslapd.conf\fP(5) are supported.
Remember that if you turn on packet logging, packets containing bind passwords
will be output, so if you redirect the log to a logfile, that file should
be read-protected.
at what level debugging statements should be logged to the
.BR syslog (8)
facility.
+The value "syslog\-level" can be set to any value or combination
+allowed by the "-d" switch.
+Slapd logs all messages selected by "syslog\-level"
+at the syslog(3) severity level "DEBUG",
+on the unit specified with "-l".
.TP
.BI \-n " service\-name"
Specifies the service name for logging and other purposes. Defaults
local users with the
.BR syslog (8)
facility.
+Logging to syslog(8) occurs at the "DEBUG" severity level.
.TP
.BI \-f " slapd\-config\-file"
Specifies the slapd configuration file. The default is