.TH SLAPINDEX 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2013 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
+.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
-slapindex \- SLAPD index to LDIF utility
+slapindex \- Reindex entries in a SLAPD database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B SBINDIR/slapindex
-.B [\-v]
-.B [\-c]
-.B [\-g]
-.B [\-q]
-.B [\-d level]
-.B [\-b suffix]
-.B [\-n dbnum]
-.B [\-f slapd.conf]
-.B [\-F confdir]
+[\c
+.BI \-b \ suffix\fR]
+[\c
+.BR \-c ]
+[\c
+.BI \-d \ debug-level\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-f \ slapd.conf\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-F \ confdir\fR]
+[\c
+.BR \-g ]
+[\c
+.BI \-n \ dbnum\fR]
+[\c
+.BI \-o \ option\fR[ = value\fR]]
+[\c
+.BR \-q ]
+[\c
+.BR \-t ]
+[\c
+.BR \-v ]
+[\c
+.IR attr [ ... ]]
.B
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
indices based upon the current contents of a database.
It opens the given database determined by the database number or
suffix and updates the indices for all values of all attributes
-of all entries.
+of all entries. If a list of specific attributes is provided
+on the command line, only the indices for those attributes will
+be regenerated.
Databases configured as
.B subordinate
-of this one are also re-indexed, unless \fB-g\fP is specified.
+of this one are also re-indexed, unless \fB\-g\fP is specified.
+
+All files eventually created by
+.BR slapindex
+will belong to the identity
+.BR slapindex
+is run as, so make sure you either run
+.BR slapindex
+with the same identity
+.BR slapd (8)
+will be run as (see option
+.B \-u
+in
+.BR slapd (8)),
+or change file ownership before running
+.BR slapd (8).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-v
-enable verbose mode.
-.TP
-.B \-c
-enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
-.TP
-.B \-g
-disable subordinate gluing. Only the specified database will be
-processed, and not its glued subordinates (if any).
-.TP
-.B \-q
-enable quick (fewer integrity checks) mode. Performs no consistency checks
-when writing the database. Improves indexing time,
-.B however
-the database will most likely be unusable if any errors or
-interruptions occur.
-.TP
-.BI \-d " level"
-enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
-.IR level .
-.TP
-.BI \-b " suffix"
+.BI \-b \ suffix
Use the specified \fIsuffix\fR to determine which database to
-generate output for. The \-b cannot be used in conjunction
+generate output for. The \fB\-b\fP cannot be used in conjunction
with the
.B \-n
option.
.TP
-.BI \-n " dbnum"
-Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR\-th database listed in the
-configuration file. The
-.B \-n
-cannot be used in conjunction with the
-.B \-b
-option.
+.B \-c
+enable continue (ignore errors) mode.
+.TP
+.BI \-d \ debug-level
+enable debugging messages as defined by the specified
+.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 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
+.B \-g
+disable subordinate gluing. Only the specified database will be
+processed, and not its glued subordinates (if any).
+.TP
+.BI \-n \ dbnum
+Generate output for the \fIdbnum\fR-th database listed in the
+configuration file. The config database
+.BR slapd\-config (5),
+is always the first database, so use
+.B \-n 0
+
+The
+.B \-n
+cannot be used in conjunction with the
+.B \-b
+option.
+.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
+.B \-q
+enable quick (fewer integrity checks) mode. Performs no consistency checks
+when writing the database. Improves indexing time,
+.B however
+the database will most likely be unusable if any errors or
+interruptions occur.
+.TP
+.B \-t
+enable truncate mode. Truncates (empties) an index database before indexing
+any entries. May only be used with Quick mode.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+enable verbose mode.
.SH LIMITATIONS
Your
.BR slapd (8)
SBINDIR/slapindex
.ft
.fi
+To regenerate the index for only a specific attribute, e.g. "uid",
+give the command:
+.LP
+.nf
+.ft tt
+ SBINDIR/slapindex uid
+.ft
+.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ldap (3),
.BR ldif (5),
.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
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