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Commit 1e7fe604 authored by Kurt Zeilenga's avatar Kurt Zeilenga
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Comment on rootpw only be valid if rootdn is with namingContext

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......@@ -554,10 +554,16 @@ or administrative limit restrictions for operations on this database.
This DN may or may not be associated with an entry. An empty root
DN (the default) specifies no root access is to be granted. It is
recommended that the rootdn only be specified when needed (such as
when initially populating a database).
when initially populating a database). If the rootdn is within
a namingContext (suffix) of the database, a simple bind password
may also be provided using the
.B rootpw
directive.
.TP
.B rootpw <password>
Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn.
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.
This option accepts all RFC 2307 userPassword formats known to
the server (see
.B password-hash
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