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Commit f64de49b authored by Pierangelo Masarati's avatar Pierangelo Masarati
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update and cleanup

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......@@ -963,19 +963,20 @@ type of backend.
.B backend <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a backend definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.B bdb,
.B dnssrv,
.B ldap,
.B ldbm,
.B meta,
.B monitor,
.B null,
.B passwd,
.B perl,
.B shell,
.B sql,
.BR bdb ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
.BR passwd ,
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.B tcl,
.BR tcl ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.
.SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
......@@ -990,19 +991,20 @@ option are mandatory for each database.
.B database <databasetype>
Mark the beginning of a new database instance definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.B bdb,
.B dnssrv,
.B ldap,
.B ldbm,
.B meta,
.B monitor,
.B null,
.B passwd,
.B perl,
.B shell,
.B sql,
.BR bdb ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
.BR passwd ,
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.B tcl,
.BR tcl ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.
.TP
.B lastmod on | off
......@@ -1594,9 +1596,20 @@ This backend embeds a
interpreter into slapd.
It runs Perl subroutines to implement LDAP operations.
.TP
.B relay
This backend redirects LDAP operations to another database
in the same server, based on the naming context of the request.
Its use requires the
.B rwm
overlay (see
.BR slapo-rwm (5)
for details) to rewrite the naming context of the request.
It is is primarily intended to implement virtual views on databases
that actually store data.
.TP
.B shell
This backend executes external programs to implement LDAP operations.
It is is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.
It is primarily intended to be used in prototypes.
.TP
.B sql
This backend is experimental.
......@@ -1651,18 +1664,19 @@ ETCDIR/slapd.conf
default slapd configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap (3),
.BR slapd-bdb (5),
.BR slapd-dnssrv (5),
.BR slapd-ldap (5),
.BR slapd-ldbm (5),
.BR slapd-meta (5),
.BR slapd-monitor (5),
.BR slapd-null (5),
.BR slapd-passwd (5),
.BR slapd-perl (5),
.BR slapd-shell (5),
.BR slapd-sql (5),
.BR slapd-tcl (5),
.BR slapd\-bdb (5),
.BR slapd\-dnssrv (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapd\-ldbm (5),
.BR slapd\-meta (5),
.BR slapd\-monitor (5),
.BR slapd\-null (5),
.BR slapd\-passwd (5),
.BR slapd\-perl (5),
.BR slapd\-relay (5),
.BR slapd\-shell (5),
.BR slapd\-sql (5),
.BR slapd\-tcl (5),
.BR slapd.access (5),
.BR slapd.plugin (5),
.BR slapd.replog (5),
......@@ -1675,7 +1689,15 @@ default slapd configuration file
.BR slapindex (8),
.BR slappasswd (8),
.BR slaptest (8),
.BR slurpd (8),
.BR slurpd (8).
Known overlays are documented in
.BR slapo\-lastmod (5),
.BR slapo\-pcache (5),
.BR slapo\-ppolicy (5),
.BR slapo\-refint (5),
.BR slapo\-rwm (5),
.BR slapo\-unique (5).
.LP
"OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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