diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 index 1e353dd3b5..81e5b0e7eb 100644 --- a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 +++ b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 @@ -100,19 +100,22 @@ Specifies the slapd configuration file. The default is .B slapd will serve .B ldap:/// -(LDAP over TCP on all interfaces on default LDAP port). As such, -it will bind to INADDR_ANY, port 389. +(LDAP over TCP on all interfaces on default LDAP port). That is, +it will bind to using INADDR_ANY and port 389. The .B \-h option may be used to specify LDAP (and LDAPS) URLs to serve. For example, if slapd is given -.B \-h " ldap://127.0.0.1:9009/ ldaps:///", -It will bind 127.0.0.1:9009 for LDAP and INADDR_ANY:636 for LDAP over TLS. +.B \-h " ldap://127.0.0.1:9009/ ldaps:/// ldapi:///", +It will bind 127.0.0.1:9009 for LDAP, INADDR_ANY:636 for LDAP over TLS, +and LDAP over IPC (Unix domain sockets). A space separated list of URLs is expected. The URLS should be of -LDAP (ldap://) or, if supported, LDAP over TLS (ldaps://) type without -a DN or other optional parameters. Hosts may be specified in either -Internet '.' format (preferred) or by name. Ports, if specfied, -must be numeric. +LDAP (ldap://) or LDAP over TLS (ldaps://) or LDAP over IPC (ldapi://) +scheme without a DN or other optional parameters. Support for the +latter two schemes depends on selected configuration options. Hosts +may be specified by name or IPv4 and IPv6 address formats. +Ports, if specfied, must be numeric. The default ldap:// port is 389 +and the default ldaps:// port is 636. .TP .BI \-u " user" .B slapd