directive.
.TP
.B rootpw <password>
-Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn. If
-the rootdn is not within the namingContext of the database, the
-provided password is ignored.
+Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn. The
+password can only be set if the rootdn is within the namingContext
+(suffix) of the database.
This option accepts all RFC 2307 userPassword formats known to
the server (see
.B password-hash
subordinate
directory ./test-db/C_db1
rootdn "cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US"
-rootpw secret
#ldbm#index objectclass eq
#ldbm#index uid pres,eq,sub
#ldbm#index cn,sn pres,eq,sub,subany
subordinate
directory ./test-db/C_db2
rootdn "cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US"
-rootpw secret
#ldbm#index objectclass eq
#ldbm#index uid pres,eq,sub
#ldbm#index cn,sn pres,eq,sub,subany