From e0ced1a2b7155ad3269bc25af4e83f29bfc63f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Goik <goik@hdm-stuttgart.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 09:59:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ldap configure syslog separate file
---
Doc/Sdi/ldap.xml | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/Sdi/ldap.xml b/Doc/Sdi/ldap.xml
index bacd2d82f..eb408cdb8 100644
--- a/Doc/Sdi/ldap.xml
+++ b/Doc/Sdi/ldap.xml
@@ -589,11 +589,18 @@ modifying entry "olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config"</programlisting>
xlink:href="http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch6/#loglevel">olcLogLevel</parameter>
in <code>cn=config</code> appropriately.</para>
- <para>Consider <link
- xlink:href="https://serverfault.com/questions/324608/how-do-i-get-openldap-on-centos-6-to-write-anything-to-its-log-files#answer-499902">using
- olcLogFile</link>. Caveat: You <xref linkend="glo_LDAP"/> server daemon
- does runs from a non - root <property>uid</property>. Thus you have to
- assure sufficient writing permissions.</para>
+ <caution>
+ <para>Using <link
+ xlink:href="https://serverfault.com/questions/324608/how-do-i-get-openldap-on-centos-6-to-write-anything-to-its-log-files#answer-499902">using
+ olcLogFile</link> will not override OpenLdap using your host's syslog
+ facility: The file will be created (provided write permission is being
+ granted) but log messages will still be written to syslog.</para>
+
+ <para>Thus creating a separate <filename>ldap.log</filename> file
+ requires <link
+ xlink:href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/logs.html">configuring
+ your system's syslog daemon appropriately</link>. </para>
+ </caution>
</section>
<section xml:id="ldapFilter">
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