Full_Name: Andrew Findlay Version: 2.4.24 OS: OpenSuSE 11.3 URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/afindlay-slapdconf2.sdf.20110216.diff Submission from: (NULL) (88.97.25.132)

Admin Guide Section 5.4. "Converting old style slapd.conf(5) file to cn=config format" suggests that it is enough to run a slapd tool with both -f and -F options to perform this conversion. While strictly true, this will almost certainly result in an un-manageable server because there is no rootPW set for cn=config.

The attached patch provides guidance to avoid this trap.