Dear list members,
i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap service itself.
I could understand how it could be done: It seemed to me an chicken-egg problem? After just installation, how could i "tell" openldap daemon server to access this initial configuration file? Where do i get this file from? Does it come from the tarball distributed?
Could you give the way i should "walk" ?
Thanks in advance.
John Nietzsche john.nietzsche@gmail.com wrote:
i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap service itself.
It is not mandatory: you can have a file-base configuration if you are unconfortable with directory-base configuration.
"John Nietzsche" john.nietzsche@gmail.com writes:
Dear list members,
i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap service itself.
I could understand how it could be done: It seemed to me an chicken-egg problem? After just installation, how could i "tell" openldap daemon server to access this initial configuration file? Where do i get this file from? Does it come from the tarball distributed?
Could you give the way i should "walk" ?
write a minimal slapd.conf than execute slaptest -f<path-to-file> -F<path-to-directory>, the diretory name must be slapd.d. man slapd(8), man slaptest(8)
-Dieter
What is the different between "backend" and "database" terms ?
Thank you.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Dieter Kluenter dieter@dkluenter.de wrote:
"John Nietzsche" john.nietzsche@gmail.com writes:
Dear list members,
i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap service itself.
I could understand how it could be done: It seemed to me an chicken-egg problem? After just installation, how could i "tell" openldap daemon server to access this initial configuration file? Where do i get this file from? Does it come from the tarball distributed?
Could you give the way i should "walk" ?
write a minimal slapd.conf than execute slaptest -f<path-to-file> -F<path-to-directory>, the diretory name must be slapd.d. man slapd(8), man slaptest(8)
-Dieter
-- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://www.dkluenter.de GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 53°08'09,95"N 10°08'02,42"E
"John Nietzsche" john.nietzsche@gmail.com writes:
What is the different between "backend" and "database" terms ?
http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1165.html
-Dieter
Backend is a more generic term. You can have your data stored on files. Of course, for production you are likely to use a database as the backend.
-----Original Message----- From: openldap-software-bounces+jmedina=e-dialog.com@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-software-bounces+jmedina=e-dialog.com@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Kluenter Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:54 AM To: John Nietzsche Cc: openldap-software@openldap.org Subject: Re: instalation configuration: i am loosing my hairs
"John Nietzsche" john.nietzsche@gmail.com writes:
What is the different between "backend" and "database" terms ?
http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1165.html
-Dieter
It doesn't keep it inside the service itself, it has a local database file of sorts, OOTB. You can always hook it up to postgresql or other database system.
"backend" = "database" of some sort...
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Nietzsche wrote:
What is the different between "backend" and "database" terms ?
Thank you.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Dieter Kluenter dieter@dkluenter.de wrote:
"John Nietzsche" john.nietzsche@gmail.com writes:
Dear list members,
i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap service itself.
I could understand how it could be done: It seemed to me an chicken-egg problem? After just installation, how could i "tell" openldap daemon server to access this initial configuration file? Where do i get this file from? Does it come from the tarball distributed?
Could you give the way i should "walk" ?
write a minimal slapd.conf than execute slaptest -f<path-to-file> -F<path-to-directory>, the diretory name must be slapd.d. man slapd(8), man slaptest(8)
-Dieter
-- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://www.dkluenter.de GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 53°08'09,95"N 10°08'02,42"E
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