RE: Syncrepl in openldap 2.3.43

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:53:24 +0100 From: hans.moser(a)ofd-z.niedersachsen.de To: mlstarling31(a)hotmail.com Subject: Re: Syncrepl in openldap 2.3.43 CC: openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Michael, Michael Starling schrieb am 18.02.2011 03:36 Uhr: > > I've been using slurpd for quite some time now with fairly good results > however I wanted to take advantage of the newer features in syncrepl. > Specifically the ability to have the slave push to the master. > > I was able to set this up in relative short order using the example > provided in http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/syncrepl.html > > I start up my slave server and it does indeed grab all the database > information from my master, however I can no longer write to my master > server. What am i missing from the documentation? > > > If I try to add a simple ldif file it fails with the following error: > > [root@myserver backups]# ldapadd -f replicator-policy.ldif -x -D > cn=root,dc=somedomain,dc=somedomain -W > Enter LDAP Password: > adding new entry "cn=replicate,ou=policies,dc=somedomain,dc=somedomain" > ldapadd: Server is unwilling to perform (53) > additional info: shadow context; no update referral > > If I add an updateref to my slave slapd.conf pointing back to my master > server the error changes to this: > > [root@myserver backups]# ldapadd -f replicator-policy.ldif -x -D > cn=root,dc=somedomain,dc=somedomain -W > Enter LDAP Password: > adding new entry "cn=replicate,ou=policies,dc=somedomain,dc=somedomain" > ldapadd: Referral (10) > referrals: > > ldap://myserver.aa.bb.cc:389/cn=replicate,ou=policies,dc=somedomain,dc=somedomain Are you really sure, you are talking to the master and not to the slave instead? Marc