Re: ldapdelete recursive (-r) with syncrepl

Frank Crow wrote:

I'm trying to create backup and restore scripts using LDAP command line tools.

For various reasons backup and restore should be done with command-line tools slapcat and slapadd which operate directly on the database files.

And yes, with recent backend modules like back-mdb and back-hdb you can do hot backup while slapd is running.

Of course, before a restore you have to stop slapd and remove the DB files. After using slapadd you should check whether ownership/permissions are still correct.

Ciao, Michael.