From: Howard Chu Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:29:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ITS#3996 add notes about glue interaction with other overlays (syncprov) X-Git-Tag: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_2_MP~368 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eab3e6b572492aa40f6cbeadb258aa829e5aff93;p=openldap ITS#3996 add notes about glue interaction with other overlays (syncprov) --- diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 index c8a1252660..924b00a431 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 @@ -1422,6 +1422,24 @@ same indices (assuming they support indexing), even for attributes that only exist in some of these databases. In general, all of the glued databases should be configured as similarly as possible, since the intent is to provide the appearance of a single directory. + +Note that the \fIsubordinate\fP functionality is implemented internally +by the \fIglue\fP overlay and as such its behavior will interact with other +overlays in use. By default, the glue overlay is automatically configured as +the last overlay on the superior backend. Its position on the backend +can be explicitly configured by setting an \fBoverlay glue\fP directive +at the desired position. This explicit configuration is necessary e.g. +when using the \fIsyncprov\fP overlay, which needs to follow \fIglue\fP +in order to work over all of the glued databases. E.g. +.RS +.nf + database bdb + suffix dc=example,dc=com + ... + overlay glue + overlay syncprov +.fi +.RE .HP .hy 0 .B syncrepl rid=