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Commit ea8e28c6 authored by Pierangelo Masarati's avatar Pierangelo Masarati
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update back-monitor man page

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The monitor backend to
.BR slapd (8)
is not an actual database; if enabled, it is automatically generated
and maintained by slapd with information about the running status of
the daemon.
and dynamically maintained by slapd with information about the running
status of the daemon.
.SH CONFIGURATION
These
......@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ file.
Moreover, the suffix of the database cannot be explicitly set by means
of the
.B suffix
directive; on the contrary, the suffix is automatically set to
.BR cn=Monitor .
No specific database directives can be specified.
directive; on the contrary, the suffix is automatically set
to "\fIcn=Monitor\fP".
.LP
The
.B monitor
database honors the
......@@ -40,13 +39,22 @@ and the
directives, and the usual ACL directives, e.g. the
.B access
directive.
.LP
The following directives can be used:
.TP
.B l <locality>
The
.B <locality>
string is added to the "\fIcn=Monitor\fP" entry as value of the
.B l
attribute (Note: this may be subjected to changes).
.LP
Other database options are described in the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
manual page.
.SH USAGE
The usage is:
.TP
1) enable the monitor backend at configure:
.LP
.RS
......@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ The usage is:
configure --enable-monitor
.fi
.RE
.LP
.TP
2) activate the monitor database in the
.BR slapd.conf (5)
file:
......@@ -64,10 +72,10 @@ file:
database monitor
.fi
.RE
.LP
.TP
3) add ACLs as detailed in
.BR slapd.access (5)
to control access to the database:
to control access to the database, e.g.:
.LP
.RS
.nf
......@@ -77,7 +85,12 @@ access to dn.subtree="cn=Monitor"
by * none
.fi
.RE
.LP
.TP
4) ensure that the \fBcore.schema\fP file is loaded.
The monitor backend relies on some standard track attributeTypes
that must be already defined when the backend is started.
.SH KNOWN LIMITATIONS
The monitor backend does not honor size/time limits in search operations.
.SH FILES
.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
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