Ah, makes perfect sense. I should be able to bind to cn=config and make standard LDAP searches and modifications while slapd is running correct?
If so, can someone provide a sample bind string and olcDatabase file for the cn=config? I can't seem to bind to the cn=config to make my modifications.
BTW, I can bind with no problems to my LDAP database in hdb.
TIA, Mike Howard Chu hyc@symas.com wrote: Mike Johnston wrote:
Hi, I used -f & -F options to build my cn=config from my slapd.conf file. Everything works however, I see a directory tree created and I got the impression from the Openldap 2.4 admin manual first page Chap 5 "the new style uses a slapd backend database to store the config". I assumed it meant a bdb/hdb backend database not an actual disk directory tree.
Obviously a poor assumption.
Can it use a hdb/bdb for the cn=config store?
No. Currently it is hardcoded to use back-ldif. While it may be possible to use different backends in the future, it's unlikely that back-bdb/hdb will ever be candidates for that purpose, since they require fairly complex configurations themselves. I.e., to avoid the chicken-and-egg problem of where to get the configuration info for the underlying backend, only extremely simple backends are suitable here.