##
## configuration file for openldap backups
##
-## The LDIFs generated are suitable for use with slapadd. As the
-## entries are in database order, not superior first order, they
-## cannot be loaded with ldapadd without being reordered.
+## If the method is set to "slapcat", the LDIFs generated are
+## suitable for use with slapadd. As the entries are in database
+## order, not superior first order, they cannot be loaded with
+## ldapadd without being reordered.
##
## backupdir (default /var/backups/ldap): the destination for the backups
## compress (default yes): if set to yes, ldif exports are gzipped.
# compress = yes
-## restart (default no): if set to yes, slapd is restarted before backups are
+## restart (default no): if set to yes, slapd is stopped before backups are
## performed, and then started again after they have finished, this is necessary
-## if your backend is ldbm and your method is slapcat, but unnecessary otherwise
+## if your backend is ldbm and your method is slapcat, but unnecessary otherwise.
# restart = no
## method (default ldapsearch): either 'ldapsearch' or 'slapcat'
## ldapsearch is the safer method to do backups, but is slow, slapcat
## is much faster, but should not be done on an ldbm backend unless you have
## restart set to yes
+## NOTE: with the ldapsearch method passwordfile and binddn need to be set
# method = ldapsearch
## passwordfile (no default): this should be set to the file that contains