luca regini wrote:

Is it possible for an overlay to detect the type of the underlying backend?

Yes: inspect

((slap_overinst*)op->o_bd->bd_info)->on_info->oi_orig->bi_type

it's a string containing the name of the original backend type.

In the case the answer is affermative and the backend is a bdb is it possible to programmatically force the bdb to save an entry created at runtime?

Yes: cook an Operation structure with data appropriate for a LDAP_REQ_ADD, set

BackendDB db = *op->o_bd; Operation op2 = *op; SlapReply rs2;

op2.o_bd = &db; db.bd_info = ((slap_overinst*)op->o_bd->bd_info)->on_info->oi_orig

and call

op2.o_bd->be_add( &op2, &rs2 );

There's plenty of examples in overlays released with OpenLDAP software.

p.

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