From c5ad08c1a473c9a2d22856284fef6766fe934d3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quanah Gibson-Mount Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:49:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ITS#8771 - Note back-mdb is recommended Commit 279594c22f0fcc077a9ec4d1031e10fe7e1548bf officially marked slapd-mdb as being the recommended backend for OpenLDAP, superseding back-hdb. This man page was missed during that update. --- doc/man/man5/slapd.backends.5 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.backends.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.backends.5 index aaedd0a7fc..e01574411d 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.backends.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.backends.5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ manual pages. .B bdb This was the recommended primary backend through OpenLDAP 2.3, but it has since been superseded by the -.BR hdb +.BR mdb backend. It takes care to configure it properly. It uses the transactional database interface of the Oracle Berkeley DB (BDB) package to store data. @@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ It serves up referrals based upon SRV resource records held in the Domain Name System. .TP .B hdb -This is the recommended primary backend for a normal slapd database. +This was the recommended primary backend through OpenLDAP 2.4.40 but it has +since been superseded by the +.BR mdb +backend. It takes care to configure it properly. .B hdb is a variant of the .B bdb @@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ Its usage should be limited to very simple databases, where performance is not a requirement. This backend also supports subtree renames. .TP .B mdb -This will soon be the recommended primary backend, superseding +This is the recommended primary backend, superseding .BR hdb . This backend uses OpenLDAP's own MDB transactional database library. It is extremely compact and extremely efficient, delivering