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[matthijs/upstream/backupninja.git] / etc / backup.d / example.ldap

diff --git a/etc/backup.d/example.ldap b/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
index ab48ad1e840740d079b64a75d6fd56e596e26f6a..adc1fcd039affb78a9f13db3a4ff372d8e165f0b 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
+++ b/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ##
 ## 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
@@ -19,15 +20,16 @@
 ## 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