I have an LDAP server with a base "o=company, c=us". There is another server which controls "ou=people,o=company,c=us", so in slapd.conf i have the following:
database bdb suffix "o=company,c=US" rootdn "cn=Manager,o=company,c=US" rootpw ******* directory /usr/var/openldap-data # Indices to maintain index objectClass eq index ou,cn,uid eq,pres,sub
#meta test database meta suffix "ou=people,o=company,c=US" uri "ldap://directory.company.com/ou=People,o=company,c=US"
When I try to start slapd, I get: /etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 84: <suffix> namingContext "o=company,c=US" already served by a preceding bdb database serving namingContext "o=company,c=US". Am I misusing meta? Can I not proxy binds/lookups to specific OUs to a secondary LDAP? I understand what the message is saying, but don't think I understand the proper use of meta.
For example, I have an ou=groups that contains "groupofnames" and the members of those groups are like "uid=123456,ou=people,o=company,c=us". So I want ou = groups owned on my server, then the when specific members try to bind, they are proxied to this external LDAP server that serves ou=people,o=company,c=us and contains their uids and passwords. Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there a way to accomplish what im trying to do?
Thanks in advance... --stephen