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List:       openldap-technical
Subject:    Re: "user"/"users" keyword in documentation
From:       Howard Chu <hyc () symas ! com>
Date:       2023-11-12 20:07:36
Message-ID: f7152084-14b9-beae-f258-1bb8e66cfff5 () symas ! com
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Howard Chu wrote:
> Uwe Sauter wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > in the ACL chapter of the online documentation to OpenLDAP 2.6 (and likely the \
> > versions before) there might be a mismatch of singular/plural usage of the \
> > "users" keyword. 
> > In chapter 8.3.2 "who to grant access to" table 5.3 lists specifier "users" as \
> > "authenticated users" entities. This is further shown in chapter 8.4.2 "matching \
> > anonymous and authenticated users". 
> > In chapter 8.4.9 "tips for using regular expressions in access control" the \
> > singular is used: "Use shorthands. The user directive matches authenticated users \
> > and the anonymous directive matches anonymous users."
> > 
> > As well as in the subchapters 8.5.x where the singular is used in set \
> > definitions.
> 
> The examples in monospaced font use the exact keywords. The wording in the regular \
> text is just conversational English.

In particular, the Admin Guide is only a guide, not a reference manual. Read the \
slapd.access(5) manpage for exact syntax.

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  -- Howard Chu
  CTO, Symas Corp.           http://www.symas.com
  Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
  Chief Architect, OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org/project/


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