From 45bf310444566886f3c7c9bafbe014f2ab126813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hallvard Furuseth Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:21:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ITS#3836: Explain that most monitor attrs are operational. --- doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5 index a677426a78..542032b559 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5 @@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ The monitor backend to is not an actual database; if enabled, it is automatically generated and dynamically maintained by slapd with information about the running status of the daemon. - +.LP +To inspect all monitor information, issue a subtree search with base +cn=Monitor, requesting that attributes "+" and "*" are returned. +The monitor backend produces mostly operational attributes, and LDAP +only returns operational attributes that are explicitly requested. +Requesting attribute "+" is an extension which requests all operational +attributes. .SH CONFIGURATION These .B slapd.conf options apply to the monitor backend database. That is, they must follow a "database monitor" line and come before any subsequent "backend" or "database" lines. +.LP As opposed to most databases, the monitor database can be instantiated only once, i.e. only one occurrence of "database monitor" can occur in the -- 2.39.5