Hi !
 
  In your "slapd.conf" you need to define a rootDN in the "database
config" section:
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
database   config
#---
# rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING!
#---
rootdn     "cn=manager,cn=config"
rootpw     secret
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
 
  Binding with these credential you an access (read, modify)  the
"cn=config" database
 
BR / Antonio

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rg] On Behalf Of Mike Johnston
Sent: viernes, 25 de abril de 2008 12:27
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Openldap 2.4 and the cn=config directory


Ah, makes perfect sense.  I should be able to bind to cn=config and make
standard LDAP searches and modifications while slapd is running correct?

If so, can someone provide a sample bind string and olcDatabase file for
the cn=config?  I can't seem to bind to the cn=config to make my
modifications.

BTW, I can bind with no problems to my LDAP database in hdb.

TIA,
Mike
Howard Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

        Mike Johnston wrote:
        > Hi,
        > I used -f & -F options to build my cn=config from my
slapd.conf file.
        > Everything works however, I see a directory tree created and I
got the
        > impression from the Openldap 2.4 admin manual first page Chap
5 "the new
        > style uses a slapd backend database to store the config". I
assumed it
        > meant a bdb/hdb backend database not an actual disk directory
tree.
        
        Obviously a poor assumption.
        
        > Can it use a hdb/bdb for the cn=config store?
        
        No. Currently it is hardcoded to use back-ldif. While it may be
possible to 
        use different backends in the future, it's unlikely that
back-bdb/hdb will 
        ever be candidates for that purpose, since they require fairly
complex 
        configurations themselves. I.e., to avoid the chicken-and-egg
problem of where 
        to get the configuration info for the underlying backend, only
extremely 
        simple backends are suitable here.
        
        -- 
        -- Howard Chu
        CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com
        Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
        Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/
        


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