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Christopher Ng
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Pierangelo Masarati
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refresh info about supported backends (added config, ldif; trimmed tcl) addresses ITS#3866
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@@ -970,9 +970,11 @@ type of backend.
Mark the beginning of a backend definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.BR bdb ,
.BR config ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR ldif ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
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@@ -980,9 +982,8 @@ should be one of
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.BR
tc
l ,
.BR
sq
l ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.
.SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
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@@ -998,9 +999,11 @@ option are mandatory for each database.
Mark the beginning of a new database instance definition. <databasetype>
should be one of
.BR bdb ,
.BR config ,
.BR dnssrv ,
.BR ldap ,
.BR ldbm ,
.BR ldif ,
.BR meta ,
.BR monitor ,
.BR null ,
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@@ -1008,9 +1011,8 @@ should be one of
.BR perl ,
.BR relay ,
.BR shell ,
.BR sql ,
or
.BR
tc
l ,
.BR
sq
l ,
depending on which backend will serve the database.
.TP
.B lastmod on | off
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@@ -1552,11 +1554,8 @@ However, it takes more care than with the LDBM backend to configure
it properly.
It uses the Sleepycat Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data.
.TP
.B ldbm
This is the database backend which is easiest to configure.
However, it does not offer the data durability features of the BDB
backend.
It uses Berkeley DB or GDBM to store data.
.B config
This backend is used to manage the configuration of slapd run-time.
.TP
.B dnssrv
This backend is experimental.
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@@ -1567,6 +1566,18 @@ Domain Name System.
This backend acts as a proxy to forward incoming requests to another
LDAP server.
.TP
.B ldbm
This is the database backend which is easiest to configure.
However, it does not offer the data durability features of the BDB
backend.
It uses Berkeley DB or GDBM to store data.
.TP
.B ldif
This database uses the filesystem to build the tree structure
of the database, using plain ascii files to store data.
Its usage should be limited to very simple databases, where performances
are not a requirement.
.TP
.B meta
This backend performs basic LDAP proxying with respect to a set of
remote LDAP servers. It is an enhancement of the ldap backend. The
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.B sql
This backend is experimental.
It services LDAP requests from an SQL database.
.TP
.B tcl
This backend is experimental.
It embeds a
.BR Tcl (3tcl)
interpreter into slapd.
It runs Tcl commands to implement LDAP operations.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
Here is a short example of a configuration file:
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.BR slapd\-dnssrv (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapd\-ldbm (5),
.BR slapd\-ldif (5),
.BR slapd\-meta (5),
.BR slapd\-monitor (5),
.BR slapd\-null (5),
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