.TH SLAPDN 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" Copyright 2004-2005 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 2004-2012 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
+.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
-slapdn \- Check a list of string-represented DNs based on schema syntax.
+slapdn \- Check a list of string-represented LDAP DNs based on schema syntax
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B SBINDIR/slapdn
-.B [\-v]
-.B [\-d level]
-.B [\-f slapd.conf]
-.B [\-F confdir]
-.B [\-N | \-P]
-.B DN [...]
+[\c
+.BI \-d \ debug-level\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-f \ slapd.conf\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-F \ confdir\fR]
+[\c
+.BR \-N | \-P ]
+[\c
+.BI \-o \ option\fR[ = value\fR]]
+[\c
+.BR \-v ]
+.IR DN \ [...]
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.BR slapd.conf (5).
It opens the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
-configuration file, reads in the schema definitions, and then
+configuration file or the slapd\-config (5) backend, reads in the schema definitions, and then
parses the
-.B DN
+.I DN
list given on the command-line.
.LP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-v
-enable verbose mode.
-.TP
-.BI \-d " level"
+.BI \-d \ debug-level
enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
-.IR level .
+.IR debug-level ;
+see
+.BR slapd (8)
+for details.
.TP
-.BI \-f " slapd.conf"
+.BI \-f \ slapd.conf
specify an alternative
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file.
.TP
-.BI \-F " confdir"
+.BI \-F \ confdir
specify a config directory.
If both
-.B -f
+.B \-f
and
-.B -F
+.B \-F
are specified, the config file will be read and converted to
config directory format and written to the specified directory.
If neither option is specified, an attempt to read the
-default config directory wll be made before trying to use the default
+default config directory will be made before trying to use the default
config file. If a valid config directory exists then the
default config file is ignored.
.TP
.BI \-N
-only output a normalized form of the DN, suitable to be used
+only output a normalized form of the \fIDN\fP, suitable to be used
in a normalization tool; incompatible with
.BR \-P .
.TP
+.BI \-o \ option\fR[ = value\fR]
+Specify an
+.I option
+with a(n optional)
+.IR value .
+Possible generic options/values are:
+.LP
+.nf
+ syslog=<subsystems> (see `\-s' in slapd(8))
+ syslog\-level=<level> (see `\-S' in slapd(8))
+ syslog\-user=<user> (see `\-l' in slapd(8))
+
+.fi
+.TP
.BI \-P
-only output a prettified form of the DN, suitable to be used
+only output a prettified form of the \fIDN\fP, suitable to be used
in a check and beautification tool; incompatible with
.BR \-N .
+.TP
+.B \-v
+enable verbose mode.
.SH EXAMPLES
To check a
.B DN
.LP
.nf
.ft tt
- SBINDIR/slapdn -f /ETCDIR/slapd.conf -v DN
+ SBINDIR/slapdn \-f /ETCDIR/slapd.conf \-v DN
.ft
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ldap (3),
-.BR slapd (8)
+.BR slapd (8),
.BR slaptest (8)
.LP
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-.B OpenLDAP
-is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
-.B OpenLDAP
-is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
+.so ../Project