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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
index 7a75604de..9924a742e 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
port) of your LDAP server. If no port is specified, it assumes
the default LDAP port of 389.
</para>
- <para>Ex. <quote>ldap.company.com</quote>
+ <para>For example: <quote>ldap.company.com</quote>
or <quote>ldap.company.com:3268</quote>
</para>
<para>You can also specify a LDAP URI, so as to use other
@@ -643,9 +643,16 @@
the URI, the default is either 389 or 636 for 'LDAP' and 'LDAPS'
schemes respectively.
</para>
- <para>Ex. <quote>ldap://ldap.company.com</quote>,
- <quote>ldaps://ldap.company.com</quote> or
- <quote>ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock</quote>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ In order to use SSL with LDAP, specify a URI with "ldaps://".
+ This will force the use of SSL over port 636.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <para>For example, normal LDAP:
+ <quote>ldap://ldap.company.com</quote>, LDAP over SSL:
+ <quote>ldaps://ldap.company.com</quote> or LDAP over a UNIX
+ domain socket <quote>ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock</quote>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>