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.
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