From: Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@openldap.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:51:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify rootdn requirements
X-Git-Tag: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_9~20^2~528
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a3c69266de1c2373f7af5f6548f9473da1dbf1b9;p=openldap

Clarify rootdn requirements
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diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 5d9fc030e1..26de9ec0e1 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1473,7 +1473,8 @@ when initially populating a database).  If the rootdn is within
 a namingContext (suffix) of the database, a simple bind password
 may also be provided using the
 .B rootpw
-directive. Note that the rootdn is always needed when using syncrepl.
+directive. Many optional features, including syncrepl, require the
+rootdn to be defined for the database.
 .TP
 .B rootpw <password>
 Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn.  The