I actually ran the following command:

sudo ldapmodify -x -D'cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=tld' -W -f idx.ldif

idx.ldif is just a simple olcDbIndex for testing purpose as such:

dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
changetype: modify
add: olcDbIndex
# posixAccount
olcDbIndex: cn eq

M.L.

On Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:34 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com> wrote:

--On Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:09 AM -0800 ML mail

<mlnospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am using two OpenLDAP 2.4.31 servers with delta-syncrepl as replication
> method. So far everything works perfectly but I was wondering how I can
> modify cn=config settings on the consumer. For instance I would like to
> add new indexes (olcDbIndex) on the consumer to my replicated HDB
> database but this fails as you can see here:
>
>
>
> ldap_modify: Server is unwilling to perform (53)
> additional info: shadow context; no update referral

What ldapmodify command did you actually run?

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Architect - Server
Zimbra, Inc.
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