Well found nothing In FAQ or the Admin guide Found this old message in the ML http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200904/msg00005.html Guess the way to do it is shutdown and delete the files Alex -----Original Message----- From: openldap-technical-bounces(a)OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Alex Samad - Yieldbroker Sent: Tuesday, 13 March 2012 4:40 PM To: openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Subject: how to delete backend DB Hi I am trying to delete a backend DB Currently have dn: olcDatabase={-1}frontend,cn=config dn: olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config dn: olcDatabase={1}monitor,cn=config dn: olcDatabase={2}bdb,cn=config I would like to delete olcDatabase={2}bdb,cn=config I tried ldapdelete -v "olcDatabase={2}bdb,cn=config" note- I have ~/.ldaprc setup with URI & SAS_MECH slapd will not let me do it ? I know I can shut down slapd and remove the file. But I am wondering if there is a "proper" way to do it Thanks Alex

Hi Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Quanah Gibson-Mount [mailto:quanah@zimbra.com] Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10:25 AM To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker; openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Subject: RE: how to delete backend DB --On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:58 PM +0000 Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <Alex.Samad(a)yieldbroker.com&gt; wrote: Unless you've compiled OpenLDAP 2.4.30 with delete support enabled (via some flag I don't recall off the top of my head), no, it won't support deletes in cn=config. Such support is entirely experimental, use it at your own risk. --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Sr. Member of Technical Staff Zimbra, Inc A Division of VMware, Inc. -------------------- Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration