Thanks Vikas. I copied slapd.conf from /usr/share/openldap-servers,
modified it and removed /etc/openldap/slapd.d and run the slapadd -l
backup.ldif successfully. Should I mv /etc/openldap/slapd.d back and
remove /etc/openldap/slapd.conf before start the slapd service?

Thanks.

- j

On 8/8/14, Vikas Parashar <para.vikas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there is way of configuration has been updated in newer version. In that
> case, you may see slapd.d directory under /etc/openldap folder. You may use
> *ldapadd* to do the same.
>
> OR
>
> If you are familiar with slapd.conf then you can move slapd.d directory
> somewhere and copy slapd.conf from /usr/share/openldap-servers directory.
>
> if you will not slapd.conf anywhere, please use rpm -ql openldap-servers
>
>
> May it will help you :P
>
> Cheers> Vikas Parashar
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, jupiter <jupiter.hce@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running openldap version 2.4.23 on CentOS 6.5, there is no
>> slapd.conf, according to the document it is deprecated. But when I run
>> slapadd, it got an error.
>>
>> # slapadd -v -l /root/backup.ldif
>> could not stat config file "/etc/openldap/slapd.conf": No such file or
>> directory (2)
>> slapadd: bad configuration file!
>>
>> Now I am confused, if the slapd.conf is deprecated why the slapadd
>> sdepends on it? How can I generate the slapd.conf, or copy a template
>> of slpad.conf?
>>
>> Thank you and appreciate your advice
>>
>> - j
>>
>>
>