Re: Q: Managing entryCSN with slapadd

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Ulrich Windl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a question: Is there a way to fix entryCSNs for slapadd? Reasoning: With dynamic configuration, sometimes (if you messed up) you'll have to edit your  slapcat dump to reinitialize the config database. Unfortunately with replication the entry CSNs seem to casue trouble:
> If you don't change the CSN, the canges are not replicated, it seems; if you change the CSN, OpenLDAP doesn't seem to like it.
>
> I see repeating message slike these:
> slapd[3017]: Entry olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config CSN 20130709140112.108165Z#000000#000#000000 older or equal to ctx 20130709140112.108165Z#000000#000#000000
> slapd[3017]: do_syncrep2: rid=001 CSN too old, ignoring 20130712085712.643156Z#000000#000#000000 (olcDatabase={2}monitor,cn=config)
>
> Ist there a way to fix this?

When editing the slapcat dump, delete the entryCSN. slapadd will generate a 
new one.

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