Gavin Henry wrote:
<quote who="Craig"> Hmmm, which one? Every overlay is in the TOC.
Yes. But, the overlay was referred to as "rwm". If you do a simple search on that (TOC) page, you get no results.
http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/
I want to reiterate that this only because I was curious. There weren't a ton of log messages that said it was causing the server to explode or anything. Since I didn't know exactly what it did, and didn't know where to start, so I turned to Google next . All I was trying to say is that a simple search of the admin doc would have gotten me exactly what I wanted.
Ok, based on another post, I want to be perfectly clear... This is NOT (do I have to say it again?? NOT) a criticism. The docs are great. But, if you don't know where to start, trying to glance at 20 chapters and 13 appendices is a but much for something you saw in a "random email".
The search works very well, I've never understood why it seems to be a problem?
I think it's because it's become kind of the defacto standard that to "search" you look for the little box, not a link that says "search". In a previous job, my group did some usability studies and found that people found the search significantly faster when there was a textbox as opposed to a link. Also, having it on the bottom of the page kind of hides it. (Again, NOT a criticism!!! The search *IS* there... it's just not in an obvious place... and, yes, "obvious" is very relative.)
There are unix tools for this; apropos:
I am familiar with "man -k". Unfortunately, I had some problems (with replication) months ago and was advised to install the most recent version. It was installed in a non-standard location. So, it's not in the man path and therefore not indexed. (Yes, I am well aware of how to fix it.. but, it's simply not a high priority. ;> )
2 hrs?
Ok.. you caught me. That was a bit of an exaggeration. (I was eating lunch... got interrupted with questions... etc.) But, you do understand my point, right? I was merely saying that by following your instructions (going to the admin docs BEFORE going to Google), I would have found what I was looking for in literally 20 seconds if a search box was there. That's all.... No slight against the docs, or anything else. As has been mentioned many times, we are all busy and I am JUST suggesting that a search box would have helped me in this particular instance. (And, yes, I full take responsibility for having a slightly screwed up environment where man -k doesn't have every man page indexed...)
Yes please. File it anywhere, we'll assign it.
I am filing it now... AFTER I read the "how to report bugs effectively" page. ;)