Hello, I am new to LDAP. I have a basic question. How do I delete the default domain which is in the slapd.conf file and create my own? I have suffix "dc=example, dc=com" in slapd.conf file and if i chnge the above line and other lines where dc=example, dc=com to dc=test, dc=com I am not able to connect to it. Pelase let me know how to get rid of default dc and create my own domain. Thanks

bill, thanks much. If I understand correctly, what I need to do is, stop all ldap daemons and delete the existing db files and hack the slapd.conf file with the entries and DN I want and start the ldap daemons and I am in business :) is this is correct? I will try this on Monday and get back to you.

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Bill MacAllister <whm(a)stanford.edu&gt; wrote: > > > --On Friday, May 15, 2009 07:50:06 PM -0400 Tech Only < > stech.only(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Hello, >> >> I am new to LDAP. I have a basic question. >> >> How do I delete the default domain which is in the slapd.conf file >> and create my own? >> >> I have suffix "dc=example, dc=com" >> in slapd.conf file and if i chnge the above line and other lines >> where dc=example, dc=com to dc=test, dc=com >> >> I am not able to connect to it. >> >> Pelase let me know how to get rid of default dc and create my own >> domain. >> >> >> Thanks >> > > There are two parts to this puzzle. One is the configuration file > and the other is the data that is stored in the directory. To get > started you might try: > > 1. Create a configuration file that defines a database with the > base distinguised name that you want to use. (Yes, you > can just hack on the default file.) You probably also > want to define at least a minimal ACL to use to access the > directory. For example, you might use: > > access to * > by * read > > You won't want this ACL when you move to production > probably, but it will allow you to look at the directory > entries easily while you are learning. > > 2. Create and LDIF file with entries that you want to add to > the directory. > > 3. Stop the slapd process, delete the current database files, > load the directory with your LDIF file using slapcat, > restart the slapd process. > > At this point you should have a running directory server that you > can query with tools like ldapsearch or Thunderbird or whatever > client makes sense given the entries that you have loaded. That > should get you started. > > Bill > -- > > Bill MacAllister <whm(a)stanford.edu&gt; > Systems Software Programmer, ITS Unix Systems, Stanford University > >