--On Saturday, May 16, 2009 06:28:07 AM -0400 Tech Only
<stech.only(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
Yup, that is basically it.
Bill
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Bill MacAllister <whm(a)stanford.edu>
wrote:
>
>
> --On Friday, May 15, 2009 07:50:06 PM -0400 Tech Only <
> stech.only(a)gmail.com> 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>
> Systems Software Programmer, ITS Unix Systems, Stanford University
>
>
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Bill MacAllister <whm(a)stanford.edu>
Systems Software Programmer, ITS Unix Systems, Stanford University