Re: OpenLDAP log file ownership getting modified automatically.

Brian Reichert wrote: > I had a home-rolled backup cronjob that ran these utilities: > > /usr/sbin/slapd_db_checkpoint > /usr/sbin/slapd_db_archive > > but did so as 'root', not as slapd's UID. Once in a great while, > this would result in a transaction log owned by root, and slapd > would fail. From my understanding those commands change DB environment. IMO this is asking for trouble and is also obsolete with back-mdb. The recommended way to export your DB for backup is to use slapcat command-line tool. Ciao, Michael.