Re: documentation bug (ITS#3007)

[ando@sys-net.it]

> Full_Name: Brent Kearney
> Version: 2.1.25
> OS: solaris 9
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (198.161.31.3)
>
>
> Administrator's guide at:
> http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin22/replication.html says that the
> replica lines should contain:
>
>         replica uri=ldap://slave.example.com:389
>
> However, that produces this error when slurpd starts:
>
> Error: parse_replica_line: unknown keyword
> "uri=ldap://myhost.mydomain.ca:389"; Error: Malformed "replica" line in
> slapd config file, line 77
> Warning: failed to add replica "(null):0 - ignoring replica
>
> The docs also say:
>
> The host option is deprecated in favor of uri, but the following replica
> configuration is still supported:
>
>         replica host=slave.example.com:389
>
> And the 'host' syntax works.

Read the URI you're citing: "...admin22...";
you cannot infer that it'll apply to 2.1 as
well, allow for versions not to be "forward"
compatible ...

p.

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Pierangelo Masarati
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