From 976f61f0ed726f3d500e2ce5adca197be42d1145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Howard Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:36:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update SLAPI manual page --- doc/man/man5/slapd.plugin.5 | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.plugin.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.plugin.5 index 3ae36958e8..366bf06faa 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.plugin.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.plugin.5 @@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ is as follows: .LP If slapd is compiled with \fI--enable-slapi\fP, support for plugins according to \fINetscape's Directory Server Plug-Ins\fP. -Version 4.0 of the API is currently implemented. +Version 4 of the API is currently implemented, with some extensions +from version 5. .LP -Database specific data may contain plugin information. +Both global and database specific data may contain plugin information. +Plugins associated with a specific database are called before global +plugins. This manpage details the .BR slapd (8) configuration statements that affect the loading of SLAPI \fIplugins\fP. @@ -63,10 +66,13 @@ can be one of that is executed before processing the operation for the specified database, .BR postoperation , -that is execured after the operation for the specified database -has been processed, or -.BR extendedop . -The latter is used when executing an extended operation [FIXME]. +that is executed after the operation for the specified database +has been processed, +.BR extendedop , +that is used when executing an extended operation, or +.BR object . +The latter is used for miscellaneous types such as ACL, computed +attribute and search filter rewriter plugins. .LP The .BR @@ -79,7 +85,9 @@ The argument specifies what symbol must be called when the plugin is first loaded. This function should register the functions provided by the plugin -for the desired operations. +for the desired operations. It should be noted that it is this +init function, not the plugin type specified as the first argument, +that determines when and for what operations the plugin will be invoked. The optional .BR list is passed to the init function. -- 2.39.5