NS-SLAPD(8)

💖 NS-SLAPD(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about ns-slapd(8) — the manual page for the main Directory Server daemon, straight outta the System Manager's Manual. she's iconic, she's the whole backbone, and she's about to get explained to you like we're texting at 2am. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ns‐slapd — the main Directory Server daemon. that's her. that's the girl. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ns-slapd -D configdir [-d debuglevel] [-i pidlogfile] [-v] [-V]

look at her, look at the little optional brackets, so demure 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ns‐slapd launches the LDAP Directory Server. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she IS the server. when she starts, the Directory Server starts. main character energy fr fr ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the rundown, bestie — a summary of the options lives below:

• -v — shows you the version of the program. cute lil flex, she'll tell you who she is 💁‍♀️
• -D configdir — tells her which configuration directory points at the instance you wanna start (like, for example, /etc/dirsrv/slapd‐localhost). this one's basically mandatory, she needs to know WHICH girl you're booting up 🌈
• -d debuglevel — sets the debuglevel to be used. turn the volume up on the logs, bestie 🔥
• -i pidlogfile — names the file where the pid of the process gets stored. so you can find her later, obviously 🍓

ngl, -D is the one you actually cannot skip in the synopsis — the brackets on the other flags are doing a lot of heavy lifting 👀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

ns-slapd was written by the 389 Project. thank you for your service, kings 👑

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? spill it here, don't be shy:

https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/new

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Used by permission.

Copyright © 2017 Red Hat, Inc.

This manual page was written by Michele Baldessari <michele@pupazzo.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the Directory Server license found in the LICENSE file of this software distribution. This license is essentially the GNU General Public License version 2 with an exception for plug‐in distribution.

so like — free software, redistribute away, but read the LICENSE file first. the terms are essentially GNU GPL v2 with a plug‐in distribution exception. periodt 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie!! she was dated March 31, 2017, and she lives in the NS-SLAPD(8) section of the System Manager's Manual. slay, stay hydrated, and go start that directory server 🧚💖