attributes.
.TP
.B unique_attributes <attribute...>
-Specify one or more attributes which for which uniqueness will be enforced.
+Specify one or more attributes for which uniqueness will be enforced.
If not specified, all attributes which are not operational (eg, system
attributes such as
.B entryUUID )
list, and included in the
.B unique_attributes
list, in that order. This makes it possible to create interesting and
-unusable configurations.
+unusable configurations. Usually only one of
+.B unique_ignore
+or
+.B unique_attributes
+should be configured; use
+.B unique_ignore
+if the majority of attributes should be unique, and use
+.B unique_attributes
+if only a small set of attributes should be unique.
.LP
Typical attributes for the
.B unique_ignore