From 6009dd4ec0bf6fe1023d8375be548b02a5573b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hallvard Furuseth Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:37:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ITS#5788: Add references to subordinate keyword/olcSubordinate attribute. --- doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 | 4 ++++ doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 index 41e7da2cf2..92ac58ebf4 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 @@ -1587,8 +1587,12 @@ See the Overlays section below for more details. Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to this backend database. Multiple suffix lines can be given and at least one is required for each database definition. + If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of another, the database with the inner suffix must come first in the configuration file. +You may also want to glue such databases together with the +.B olcSubordinate +attribute. .HP .hy 0 .B olcSyncrepl: rid= diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 index 3e2ab714d2..800f71df78 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 @@ -1161,6 +1161,13 @@ should be one of or .BR sql , depending on which backend will serve the database. + +LDAP operations, even subtree searches, normally access only one +database. +That can be changed by gluing databases together with the +.B subordinate +keyword. +Access controls and some overlays can also involve multiple databases. .TP .B add_content_acl on | off Controls whether Add operations will perform ACL checks on @@ -1517,8 +1524,12 @@ and \fB{CRYPT}\fP passwords are not recommended. If empty Specify the DN suffix of queries that will be passed to this backend database. Multiple suffix lines can be given and at least one is required for each database definition. + If the suffix of one database is "inside" that of another, the database with the inner suffix must come first in the configuration file. +You may also want to glue such databases together with the +.B subordinate +keyword. .TP .B subordinate [advertise] Specify that the current backend database is a subordinate of another -- 2.39.5