openldap-technical April 2025

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Adding syncprov overlay to cn=config seems to freeze the server
by Windl, Ulrich 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

Hi! I'm trying to script a reconfiguration of out OpenLDAP servers, also changing the replication details. After dropping the old syncrepl overlay, I tried to add a new one like this: dn: olcOverlay={0}syncprov,olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config changetype: add objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcSyncProvConfig I deliberately did not add more specific attributes, because I wanted to add them later. However I forgot to set olcOverlay. The point is that both, ldapmodify and slapd become … [View More]

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Q: "olcDatabase: {1}mdb" from slapcat: why "{1}"?
by Windl, Ulrich 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

I have an amost philosophical question about LDIF and OenLDAP: Considering dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig objectClass: olcMdbConfig olcDatabase: {1}mdb # ... I wonder why olcDatabase needs the "{1}" when olcDatabase is a single-valued attribute. I understand that "olcDatabase={1}mdb" is needed for ordering the databases within cn=config, But why is the "{1}" repeated for the actual attribute? When I tried to remove it, I saw that after a slapcat it's there … [View More]

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