Christophe Dumonet wrote: > Hello, > I'm migrating from an old openldap server to a new one. > > So, I have done a dump of the ldap database with a " slapcat -l > mydump.ldap -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b "dc=mycompany,dc=com" > --> So I had a dump ldif file where organisational units and dn > are > not in hierarchical order. > > In my new server ( which works fine , I can ldapadd some ou,dn , no > problem) > --> The slapadd command doesn't work because my ldap data in the ldif > file is not in hierarchical order. You must still be using an extremely old version of OpenLDAP. Since OpenLDAP 2.2/back-bdb you can slapadd in any order. > I can't re-order manually this because it's a important database ( the > ldif --> 50Mo). > > My slapadd command to restore is : slapadd -l mydump.ldif -f > /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b "dc=mycompany,dc=com" > and the errors are relative to the ldif OU order, I had trying to > cut/paste in the ldif file some OUs to reorder and errors are reporting > to another OUs...which are not in hierachical order ! > > How can I do to restore quickly my data to my new server ? > Any help would be appreciated, > Christophe Dumonet, From france

Christophe Dumonet wrote: > Hello, > I have solved the problem with JXplorer , which can export an ldap > database in ldif format with hierachical order by default. > ( the openldap version is 2.0..... and the slapcat utility doesn't had > the -a option to filter .....) OpenLDAP 2.0 is something like 7 or 8 years out of date. Since you're migrating to a new server, you really should use this opportunity to upgrade to something newer that works better. > Have a nice day, > Christophe Dumonet, From france. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Christophe Dumonet > Centre de Ressources Informatiques > Institut Francais de Mecanique Avancee (IFMA) > Campus des Cezeaux > BP 265 > 63175 AUBIERE Cedex > Tel : +33 - 4.73.28.80.64 > Fax : +33 - 4.73.28.81.00 > Mail : Christophe.Dumonet(a)ifma.fr > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > Howard Chu a écrit : >> Christophe Dumonet wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I'm migrating from an old openldap server to a new one. >>> >>> So, I have done a dump of the ldap database with a " slapcat -l >>> mydump.ldap -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b "dc=mycompany,dc=com" >>> --> So I had a dump ldif file where organisational units >>> and dn >>> are >>> not in hierarchical order. >>> >>> In my new server ( which works fine , I can ldapadd some ou,dn , no >>> problem) >>> --> The slapadd command doesn't work because my ldap data in >>> the ldif >>> file is not in hierarchical order. >> You must still be using an extremely old version of OpenLDAP. Since >> OpenLDAP 2.2/back-bdb you can slapadd in any order. >> >>> I can't re-order manually this because it's a important database ( the >>> ldif --> 50Mo). >>> >>> My slapadd command to restore is : slapadd -l mydump.ldif -f >>> /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -b "dc=mycompany,dc=com" >>> and the errors are relative to the ldif OU order, I had trying to >>> cut/paste in the ldif file some OUs to reorder and errors are >>> reporting >>> to another OUs...which are not in hierachical order ! >>> >>> How can I do to restore quickly my data to my new server ? >>> Any help would be appreciated, >>> Christophe Dumonet, From france >

I think you are confusing Operating System with OpenLDAP Server version. As Howard noted, you were using OpenLDAP 2.0, which is years out of date. I assume you are now using whatever release ships with Fedora Core 8.