Re: Must a root DN entry actually exist...

["srihari parimi" <srihari.par@wipro.com>]

As far as I know, the documentation related to OpenLDAP v2 says that
rootdn need not refer to an entry in the directory Please refer the
link http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/slapdcinfig.html

Hari

> Paul Duffy wrote:
> 
> ...in my directory ?  Or is this just a "virtual" entry that exists
> for binding/authentication ?  Best practice ?
> 
> I've got identical DITs loaded via the same LDIF file into both
> OpenLDAP 2.0.7 and Netscape Directory Server 4.1.  Both are suffixed
> at entry "dn: dc=xyx,dc=com" and do not include an explicit entry for
> the rootDN.
> 
> Netscape directory server will allow a rootDN configuration of
> "cn=Directory Manager", but OpenLDAP does not seem to like this...it
> appears to insist that the root DN hang off the suffix as
> "cn=Directory Manager,dc=xyz,dc=com".
> 
> Sound familiar ?
> 
> Paul Duffy
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