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.SH NAME
-slapd\-sock \- Socket backend to slapd
+slapd\-sock \- Socket backend/overlay to slapd
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
efficiency. The external program must have been started independently;
.BR slapd (8)
itself will not start it.
+
+This module may also be used as an overlay on top of some other database.
+Use as an overlay allows external actions to be triggered in response to
+operations on the main database.
.SH CONFIGURATION
These
.B slapd.conf
Other database options are described in the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
manual page.
+
+Alternatively, to use this module as an overlay, these directives must
+follow an "overlay sock" line within an existing database definition.
.TP
-.B extensions [ binddn | peername | ssf ]*
+.B extensions [ binddn | peername | ssf | connid ]*
Enables the sending of additional meta-attributes with each request.
.nf
binddn: <bound DN>
peername: IP=<address>:<port>
ssf: <SSF value>
+connid: <connection ID>
.fi
.TP
.B socketpath <pathname>
.BR slapd\-config (5),
.BR slapd (8).
.SH AUTHOR
-Brian Candler
+Brian Candler, with enhancements by Howard Chu