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.SH NAME
-slapo-syncprov \- Syncrepl Provider overlay
+slapo-syncprov \- Sync Provider overlay
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The Syncrepl Provider overlay implements the provider-side support for
-syncrepl replication, including persistent search functionality. The overlay
+The Sync Provider overlay implements the provider-side support for the
+LDAP Content Synchronization (RFC4533) as well as syncrepl replication
+support. The overlay
can be used with any backend that maintains entryCSN and entryUUID
attributes for its entries. It also creates a contextCSN attribute in
the root entry of the database.
.SH CONFIGURATION
These
.B slapd.conf
-options apply to the Syncrepl Provider overlay.
+options apply to the Sync Provider overlay.
They should appear after the
.B overlay
directive.
The default is FALSE.
.TP
.B syncprov-reloadhint TRUE | FALSE
-Specify that the overlay should honor the reloadHint flag in the Syncrepl
-Control. In OpenLDAP releases 2.3.11 and earlier the Syncrepl consumer did
+Specify that the overlay should honor the reloadHint flag in the Sync
+Control. In OpenLDAP releases 2.3.11 and earlier the syncrepl consumer did
not properly set this flag, so the overlay must ignore it. This option
should be set TRUE when working with newer releases that properly support
this flag. It must be set TRUE when using the accesslog overlay for
-delta-based Syncrepl support. The default is FALSE.
+delta-based syncrepl replication support. The default is FALSE.
.SH FILES
.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf