Am Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:33:31 +0300 schrieb Igor Shmukler igor.shmukler@gmail.com:

Hello,

I have been trying to install slapd without configuration, so I could do the configuration manually [specifically to customize my "organization" objectClass].

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I understand that the issue might be debian-related and have little to do with OpenLDAP, per say. Still, to be sure that I did not do something completely wrong, and to tap into collective wisdom; I would love for someone experienced to comment.

What would be the easiest way to install slapd, ideally with config database setup, without a DIT database? I want to manually add DIT database[s] later. I got that part down.

create a slapd.conf with global parameters and a config database declaration and probably a monitor database.

-Dieter

Hello Dieter and Ralf,

Thank you for clarifications.

Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Mattes r.mattes@mh-freiburg.de wrote:

Am Montag, 30. März 2015 10:33 CEST, Igor Shmukler igor.shmukler@gmail.com schrieb:

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Hello,

I have been trying to install slapd without configuration, so I could do the configuration manually [specifically to customize my "organization" objectClass].

I have been using debconf-set-selections and noninteractive install. It worked fine when I would do non interactive config database configuration and also DIT database configuration. When I set "slapd slapd/no_configuration boolean true" setup fails. The error is below: Omitting slapd configuration as requested.

• No configuration file was found for slapd at /etc/ldap/slapd.conf.

invoke-rc.d: initscript slapd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package slapd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ... Processing triggers for ufw (0.34~rc-0ubuntu2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: slapd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I understand that the issue might be debian-related and have little to do with OpenLDAP, per say. Still, to be sure that I did not do something completely wrong, and to tap into collective wisdom; I would love for someone experienced to comment.

This _is_ a Debian packaging question.

This can be considered a bug in Debian's slapd.postinst - the script should set SLAPD_NO_START=1 when installing without configuration.

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What would be the easiest way to install slapd, ideally with config database setup, without a DIT database? I want to manually add DIT database[s] later. I got that part down.

That's a installation mode the Debian package isn't really set up for.

HTH Ralf Mattes

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Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler

Hi Ralf,

Would not say that I _really_ understand what I am doing. In fact, knowledgeable subscribers from this list rightfully pointed out that I understand little, quite a few times. Plus, I would like to continue using tools so that the people who hired me would be able to continue supporting the code that I have written, after my contract is up.

As I wrote earlier - my goal is to have the object describing organization inherit from a objectClass inherited from dcObject instead of the actual dcObject. This works for domains which I add manually, after loading a custom schema. Since I could not figure out how to update/modify objectClass, it made sense [to me] to try to move things around. :) Otherwise, I would love to mess with OpenLDAP as little as possible/necessary.

Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Mattes rm@mh-freiburg.de wrote:

Am Montag, 30. März 2015 10:33 CEST, Igor Shmukler igor.shmukler@gmail.com schrieb:

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What would be the easiest way to install slapd, ideally with config database setup, without a DIT database? I want to manually add DIT database[s] later. I got that part down.

Frankly: try to understand the systems you a messing with ... ;-) Why do you need to _not_ have Debian's installer create the DIT for the wanted suffix?

If you _really_ need to prevent the creation of the initial DIT you can create/modify '/usr/share/slapd/slapd.init.ldif' before installing the slapd package. But you should really understand what you are doing.

Cheers, Ralf Mattes

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Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler