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Commit 7dd76e87 authored by Kurt Zeilenga's avatar Kurt Zeilenga
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......@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ H1: Configuring slapd
Once the software has been built and installed, you are ready
to configure {{slapd}}(8) for use at your site. Unlike previous
OpenLDAP releases, the slapd runtime configuration in 2.3 is
fully LDAP-enabled and can be managed using the standard LDAP
OpenLDAP releases, the slapd(8) runtime configuration in 2.3 (and later)
is fully LDAP-enabled and can be managed using the standard LDAP
operations with data in {{TERM:LDIF}}. The LDAP configuration engine
allows all of slapd's configuration options to be changed on the fly,
generally without requiring a server restart for the changes
......@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ uses a slapd backend database to store the configuration. The
configuration database normally resides in the
{{F:/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.d}} directory.
An alternate configuration directory (or file) can be specified via a
command-line option to {{slapd}}(8) or {{slurpd}}(8). This chapter
describes the general format of the configuration system, followed by a
detailed description of commonly used config settings.
An alternate configuration directory (or file) can be specified via
a command-line option to {{slapd}}(8). This chapter describes the
general format of the configuration system, followed by a detailed
description of commonly used config settings.
Note: some of the backends and of the distributed overlays
do not support runtime configuration yet. In those cases,
......@@ -522,11 +522,12 @@ H4: olcReplogfile: <filename>
This directive specifies the name of the replication log file to
which slapd will log changes. The replication log is typically
written by slapd and read by slurpd. Normally, this directive is
only used if slurpd is being used to replicate the database.
However, you can also use it to generate a transaction log, if
slurpd is not running. In this case, you will need to periodically
truncate the file, since it will grow indefinitely otherwise.
written by {{slapd}}(8) and read by {{slurpd}}(8). Normally, this
directive is only used if {{slurpd}}(8) is being used to replicate
the database. However, you can also use it to generate a transaction
log, if {{slurpd}}(8) is not running. In this case, you will need to
periodically truncate the file, since it will grow indefinitely
otherwise.
See the chapter entitled {{SECT:Replication with slurpd}} for more
information on how to use this directive.
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