.TH SLAPINDEX 8C "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
-.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2005 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, but if any errors or
-interruptions occur the database will most likely be unusable.
-.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 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
+.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
projects / openldap / blobdiff