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Re: (ITS#6855) Suggested improvements to OpenLDAP Admin Guide preface



gerv@mozilla.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Gervase Markham
> Version: 2.4
> OS: Linux
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (82.45.122.200)
>
>
> Following a discussion on the mailing list, I submit the following as a
> suggestion for improvement to the Preface of the Admin Guide, to make it clear
> that there are other documentation resources which should be read.

Thanks. I've committed some of this suggestion to CVS HEAD. I would expect an 
experienced sysadmin to already know which manpage sections are relevant, and 
I don't believe a sysadmin needs to read the API documentation.

> <snip>
> This document is not a complete guide to its subject matter; the man pages are
> the definitive documentation for OpenLDAP software. For best results, you should
> use those installed on your system, which will match your version of OpenLDAP.
> But they are also available on the web from the following links:
>
> OpenLDAP API:
>
> <ul>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=ldap";>ldap(3)</a>
> </ul>
>
> OpenLDAP configuration:
>
> <ul>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapd.conf";>slapd.conf(5)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapd-config";>slapd-config(5)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapd.access";>slapd.access(5)</a>
> </ul>
>
> OpenLDAP command line tools:
>
> <ul>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapacl";>slapacl(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapadd";>slapadd(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapauth";>slapauth(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapcat";>slapcat(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapdn";>slapdn(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapindex";>slapindex(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slappasswd";>slappasswd(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapschema";>slapschema(8)</a>
> <li><a href="http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slaptest";>slaptest(8)
> </ul>
>
> Gerv
>


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