Re: LDAP/BDB log purging

2007-03-12 Thread Todd Lyons
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:08:06AM +0100, Tony Earnshaw wrote: >Installing from packages where details of all packages are kept in a >database gives gives many huge advantages, this is recognized by most, >if not all, major OS vendors. I, too, was once too lazy (or ignorant) to >learn to build

Re: moving ldap database and upgrading

2007-07-19 Thread Todd Lyons
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 05:45:06PM -0700, Maria McKinley wrote: > maude:/etc/ldap# slapadd -v -l ldif > > got no error messages, restarted slapd, tried to search on something > that should be there, but couldn't find it: > > maude:/etc/ldap# ldapsearch -x "uid=ichbin" Typically you specify the ba

Re: help adding a group

2007-07-19 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:24:08AM -0500, Adam Williams wrote: > I'm trying to add a group with 2 users to LDAP, but i'm running into > problems. When I add my group and then search for it, it shows a > userPassword, and garbles the memberUid of the first user I added to the > group. Any idea

2 GB filesize limit

2005-07-06 Thread Todd Lyons
Gentoo with a 2.6.5 kernel, glibc 2.3.3, openldap 2.1.30. It's doing this on 4 identical systems and 1 with a 2.6.9 kernel, so my configuration is somehow very wrong. System setup: admin1 is the master and replicates out to ldap1 and ldap2. Directory listings are at the end of the email. Last

Re: 2 GB filesize limit

2005-07-06 Thread Todd Lyons
Howard Chu wanted us to know: >Pierangelo Masarati wrote: >> You may also split the database in smaller bits, unless it has to be >> exactly one naming context (I don't recall if 2.1 already had the >> glue capability). > >Yes, glue in 2.1 was the groundwork for overlays in 2.2. > >>> Gentoo with

Re: 2 GB filesize limit, followup

2005-07-08 Thread Todd Lyons
Todd Lyons wanted us to know: >>>> Last night, an ldap server died with the (non-exact) error unable >>>> to write to gdbm. The id2entry.gdbm file was a byte below 2 Gigs. >>>> In subsequent testing with dd, I cannot create a file bigger than >>>&g

Re: LDAP Statistics version 3.0

2005-09-26 Thread Todd Lyons
Matty wanted us to know: >I added several new reports (operations by hour of day, operations by day >of month, operations by month) to ldap-stats.pl, and thought this might be >useful for the LDAP administrators on the list. You can download >ldap-stats.pl from the following location: >http://d

Re: Running without indexes

2005-10-14 Thread Todd Lyons
matthew sporleder wanted us to know: >Is it possible/safe to run a database without any indexes with 2.2 and ldbm? >My database is, basically, write-only and it would safe a lot of I/O >to eliminate the indexing. Ok, so you save a little I/O on the indexing. How many entries will be in this dire

Re: import to openldap

2006-02-09 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 10:35:01PM +0100, T M wrote: >todd: >this is what i do: >ldapadd -f file.ldif -x -w pass -D cn=Manager,dc=ireas,dc=cz >and it says: >adding new entry "cn=Ryvolová Ivana,[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >ldap_add: Server is unwilling to perform (53) >additional info: no global sup

Re: import to openldap

2006-02-09 Thread Todd Lyons
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:26:40AM +0100, T M wrote: >structure of directory? what do you mean? im pasting both conf files: The rootdn. >/etc/openldap/ldap.conf >suffix "dc=ireas,dc=cz" As in this above. >> >adding new entry "cn=Ryvolová Ivana,[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> >ldap_add: Server is

Re: import to openldap

2006-02-10 Thread Todd Lyons
Bringing this back on the mailing list... On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:46:50PM +0100, T M wrote: >hi, >im sorry but im not a linux guru and i really dont understand what you mean by >> Change what you're trying to add so that everything is under your rootdn >> and it should start to work. > >could

Re: OpenLDAP and MySQL

2006-05-24 Thread Todd Lyons
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:45:30AM -0400, Russell Handorf wrote: >Just as a quick bit of history, MySQL support is necessary because of >our MTA. All the user accounts and related settings are currently being >stored in this system for email auth. Currently, users have to maintain >2 passwords

Re: alock File Keeps LDAP (slapd) from Starting Up

2006-05-25 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:17:47PM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: >>>alock is an autorecovery mechanism introduced in the OpenLDAP 2.3 >>>release to assist with autorecovery. Given more information on the >>>error messages coming from alock would be useful, since it is supposed >>>to help yo

Re: alock File Keeps LDAP (slapd) from Starting Up

2006-05-25 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:13:41PM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: >>Ah, that's good to know. I upgraded an old 2.1.30 production server to >>2.3.21 with bdb 4.3 and the load went through the roof, searches were >>blindingly slow, etc. I'm rolling back to 2.2.30 right now with db 4.2. >>We'll

Re: alock File Keeps LDAP (slapd) from Starting Up

2006-05-25 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:56:22PM -0700, Todd Lyons wrote: >>BDB 4.3 is a known problem release. The suggested BDB release is >>4.2.52+patches, and possible BDB 4.4.20+patches. But not BDB 4.3.anything. >Ah, that's good to know. I upgraded an old 2.1.30 production server

Re: alock File Keeps LDAP (slapd) from Starting Up

2006-05-26 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 06:24:55PM -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: >>No, it didn't fix the speed problem. When using the ldbm backend, the >>machine sits at load around 0.1 and 2% or 3% cpu usage. I switch to bdb >>backend and my load jumps to 14 or so, searches take seconds to complete >>(of