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:<br><br>database&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bdb<br>suffix&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;o=company,c=US&quot;
<br>rootdn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;cn=Manager,o=company,c=US&quot;<br>rootpw&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *******<br>directory&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /usr/var/openldap-data<br># Indices to maintain<br>index&nbsp;&nbsp; objectClass&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; eq<br>index&nbsp;&nbsp; ou,cn,uid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; eq,pres,sub
<br>
<br>#meta test<br>database&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; meta<br>suffix&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;ou=people,o=company,c=US&quot;<br>uri&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;ldap://directory.company.com<div id="mb_0">/ou=People,o=company,c=US&quot;<br><br><br>When
I try to start slapd, I get: /etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 84:
&lt;suffix&gt; namingContext &quot;o=company,c=US&quot; already served by a
preceding bdb database serving namingContext &quot;o=company,c=US&quot;. Am I
misusing meta? Can I not proxy binds/lookups to specific OUs to a
secondary LDAP?&nbsp; I understand what the message is saying, but don&#39;t
think I understand the proper use of meta.
<br><br>For example, I have an ou=groups that contains &quot;groupofnames&quot; and the members of those groups are like &quot;uid=123456,ou=people,o=company,c=us&quot;.
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.&nbsp;
Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there a way to accomplish what
im trying to do?
<br><br>Thanks in advance...<br><span class="sg">--stephen<br></span></div>