Re: managing OpenLDAP / back-config

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Ralf Haferkamp wrote:
> > For 1. I usually ask my customers how they are going to implement the
> > change management. After some discussion we usually end up with
> > text-based config managed with version control. Something simple and
> > handy. :-)
>
> Yes, I guess that this works pretty well when you deploy OpenLDAP (or 
> basically any other software) at a single customer. It gets harder when 
> you ship OpenLDAP as a part of a product,

I already imagined what your aim is. ;-)

> that is also used by people 
> that are not too familiar with OpenLDAP. Ok, one might argue now, that 
> people not really familiar with OpenLDAP should not use it, but I tend 
> to disagree a bit here ;).

It's always difficult to draw the line. At least the approach with 
back-config makes it easier for a tool like yast to stay away from 
configuration changes made by a sophisticated admin compared to parsing 
full text files.

Ciao, Michael.