Issue 6546 - Default olcRootDN of "cn=config" should be documented
Summary: Default olcRootDN of "cn=config" should be documented
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OpenLDAP
Classification: Unclassified
Component: documentation (show other issues)
Version: 2.4.21
Hardware: All All
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: OpenLDAP project
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Reported: 2010-05-07 14:22 UTC by bugs@mark.ziesemer.com
Modified: 2014-08-01 21:04 UTC (History)
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Description bugs@mark.ziesemer.com 2010-05-07 14:22:49 UTC 
Full_Name: Mark A. Ziesemer
Version: 2.4.21
OS: Ubuntu Linux
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (2001:470:1f11:3ae:4d06:cdd1:50ce:9c64)


While using the "cn=config" configuration, I found that "cn=config" is also the
default olcRootDN.  By just configuring a olcRootPW , login to the config
database is possible using "cn=config" and the configured olcRootPW.  This
default should be documented in the admin guide, etc.

IRC user hyc on #openldap mentioned "it's been the default since 2005", but "I
can't find the reference either, perhaps we lost it."
Comment 1 ando@openldap.org 2010-05-17 17:32:19 UTC 
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Comment 2 ando@openldap.org 2010-05-18 00:33:42 UTC 
> While using the "cn=config" configuration, I found that "cn=config" is
> also the
> default olcRootDN.  By just configuring a olcRootPW , login to the config
> database is possible using "cn=config" and the configured olcRootPW.  This
> default should be documented in the admin guide, etc.

Fixed in HEAD's slapd-config(5); may be worth mentioning in the admin
guide as well.

Thanks, p.
Comment 3 Quanah Gibson-Mount 2010-06-10 10:17:36 UTC 
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Comment 4 Quanah Gibson-Mount 2010-06-30 09:33:11 UTC 
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Comment 5 OpenLDAP project 2014-08-01 21:04:10 UTC 
fixed in HEAD's slapd-config(5)
fixed in RE24