Ben Poliakoff wrote:
> This is more of a practical question than a technical one, but it's pro=
mpted by a technical change: I'm *very* **very** belatedly transitioning =
from flat file
> slapd.conf config to slapd.d/OLC.=C2=A0
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> With flat file configuration, it was straightforward to include text co=
mments (e.g. "# blah blah"), but as far as I know there isn't any sort of=
 analog for
> comments, when using slapd.d. Looking for any tips about how best to an=
notate slapd configuration, in a slapd.d/olc world. Does anyone have a pr=
actice that they
> find works=C2=A0well for them? Do people just maintain separate documen=
ts/wiki pages/etc that describe their servers' configs?

There's no real mechanism for commenting in the config itself. We could a=
dd optional "description" attributes to all of the config objectclasses, =
which would
at least let you keep some information near the relevant locations, but i=
t still wouldn't be the equivalent of line-by-line commenting.

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