Re: slapd.access man page inconsistant with Admin Guide

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

I suggest you file an issue report.  Thanks, Kurt

At 01:06 PM 5/19/2003, Stephen Frost wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>  The slapd.access man page appears to be inconsistant with the Admin
>  Guide which is online.  In slapd.access:
>
>           # first database definition & configuration options
>           database    <backend 1 type>
>           <configuration options specific to backend 1>
>           # subsequent database definitions & configuration options
>           ...
>
>       Both the global configuration and each backend-specific section
>       can contain access information.  Backend-specific  access  con-
>       trol  directives  are used for those entries that belong to the
>       backend, according to their naming context.  In case no  access
>       control directives are defined for a backend or those which are
>       defined are not applicable, the directives from the global con-
>       figuration section are then used.
>
>  In the Admin guide:
>
>        # backend definition
>        backend <typeA>
>        <backend-specific directives>
>
>        # first database definition & config directives
>        database <typeA>
>        <database-specific directives>
>
>  I believe the manpage needs to be updated with s/backend/database/ in
>  the paragraph cited above, assumeing that the access controls really
>  are database specific and not backend specific, which I would expect
>  and seems to be what the configuration snippet above would imply.
>
>        Thanks,
>
>                Stephen