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diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/man/ldbedit.1.xml b/source4/lib/ldb/man/ldbedit.1.xml
index e2b2fd053f..3cfcce89f1 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/man/ldbedit.1.xml
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/man/ldbedit.1.xml
@@ -2,130 +2,199 @@
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<refentry id="ldbedit.1">
-<refmeta>
+ <refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ldbedit</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
-</refmeta>
+ </refmeta>
-<refnamediv>
+ <refnamediv>
<refname>ldbedit</refname>
- <refpurpose>Edit LDB databases using your favorite editor</refpurpose>
-</refnamediv>
+ <refpurpose>Edit LDB databases using your preferred editor</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
-<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>ldbedit</command>
- <arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-s base|one|sub</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-b basedn</arg>
- <arg chioce="opt">-a</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-e editor</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-H LDB-URL</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">expression</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">attributes</arg>
+ <command>ldbedit</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">-?</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--usage</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-s base|one|sub</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-b basedn</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-e editor</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-H LDB-URL</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">expression</arg>
+ <arg rep="repeat" choice="opt">attributes</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB files using
- your favorite editor. ldbedit generates an LDIF file based on
- your query, allows you to edit it and then merges it back
- into the LDB database.
+ <para>ldbedit is a utility that allows you to edit LDB entries (in
+ tdb files, sqlite files or LDAP servers) using your preferred editor.
+ ldbedit generates an LDIF file based on your query, allows you to edit
+ the LDIF, and then merges that LDIF back into the LDB backend.
</para>
</refsect1>
-<refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
-
+
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-h</term>
- <listitem><para>
- Show list of available options.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-H &lt;ldb-url&gt;</term>
- <listitem><para>
- LDB URL to connect to. See ldb(7) for details.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-s one|sub|base</term>
- <listitem><para>Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-a</term>
- <listitem><para>Edit all records. </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-e editor</term>
- <listitem><para>Specify the editor that should be used (overrides
- the VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-b basedn</term>
- <listitem><para>Specify Base DN to use.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-?</term>
+ <term>--help</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show list of available options, and a phrase describing what that option
+ does.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--usage</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show list of available options. This is similar to the help option,
+ however it does not provide any description, and is hence shorter.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-H &lt;ldb-url&gt;</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ LDB URL to connect to. For a tdb database,
+ this will be of the form
+ tdb://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
+ For a LDAP connection over unix domain
+ sockets, this will be of the form
+ ldapi://<replaceable>socket</replaceable>. For
+ a (potentially remote) LDAP connection over
+ TCP, this will be of the form
+ ldap://<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>. For
+ an SQLite database, this will be of the form
+ sqlite://<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-s one|sub|base</term>
+ <listitem><para>Search scope to use. One-level, subtree or base.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-a</term>
+ <term>-all</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Edit all records. This allows you to
+ apply the same change to a number of records
+ at once. You probably want to combine this
+ with an expression of the form
+ "objectclass=*".
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-e editor</term>
+ <term>--editor editor</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specify the editor that should be used (overrides
+ the VISUAL and EDITOR environment
+ variables). If this option is not used, and
+ neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environment variables
+ are set, then the vi editor will be used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-b basedn</term>
+ <listitem><para>Specify Base Distinguished Name to use.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-v</term>
+ <term>--verbose</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Make ldbedit more verbose about the
+ operations that are being performed. Without
+ this option, ldbedit will only provide a
+ summary change line.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-</refsect1>
+ </refsect1>
-<refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
<title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>LDB_URL</term>
- <listitem><para>LDB URL to connect to (can be overrided by using the
- -H command-line option.)</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>VISUAL and EDITOR</term>
- <listitem><para>Environment variables used to determine what
- editor to use. If VISUAL isn't set, EDITOR is used.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>LDB_URL</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>LDB URL to connect to. This can be
+ overridden by using the -H command-line option.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>VISUAL and EDITOR</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Environment variables used to determine what
+ editor to use. VISUAL takes precedence over
+ EDITOR, and both are overridden by the
+ -e command-line option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-</refsect1>
+ </refsect1>
-<refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
<title>VERSION</title>
-
+
<para>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
-</refsect1>
+ </refsect1>
-<refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
+
+ <para>ldb(7), ldbmodify(1), ldbdel(1), ldif(5), vi(1)</para>
- <para>ldb(7), ldbmodify, ldbdel, ldif(5)</para>
+ </refsect1>
-</refsect1>
-
-<refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para> ldb was written by
- <ulink url="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</ulink>.
+ <para>
+ ldb was written by
+ <ulink url="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
-If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
-the <ulink url="http://ldb.samba.org/"/> web site for
-current contact and maintainer information.
+ If you wish to report a problem or make a suggestion then please see
+ the <ulink url="http://ldb.samba.org/"/> web site for
+ current contact and maintainer information.
</para>
- <para>This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.</para>
+ <para>
+ This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and updated
+ by Brad Hards.
+ </para>
-</refsect1>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/tools/ldbedit.c b/source4/lib/ldb/tools/ldbedit.c
index 570179c2e1..4d47cf27c9 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/tools/ldbedit.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/tools/ldbedit.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void usage(void)
printf(" -b basedn choose baseDN\n");
printf(" -a edit all records (expression 'objectclass=*')\n");
printf(" -e editor choose editor (or $VISUAL or $EDITOR)\n");
- printf(" -v verbose mode)\n");
+ printf(" -v verbose mode\n");
exit(1);
}