Re: completely removing directory so i can start over

[Theodore Knab <tjk@annapolislinux.org>]

Actually there is a better way than purging the files.

You can simply move the directory.

Make sure you shut down the slapd daemon first.

grep -i directory slapd.conf
...
directory       /var/lib/ldap/
...

cd /var/lib/ldap

mkdir .old-stuff-1
cp * .old-stuff-1

Now you can restart as long as you have kept your ldif files.


> cderr:/usr/src# dpkg --purge slapd ldap-utils ldap-gateways
> (Reading database ... 101593 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing slapd ...
> Stopping OpenLDAP: slapd.
> dpkg - warning: while removing slapd, directory `/etc/ldap/schema' not
> empty so not removed.
> dpkg - warning: while removing slapd, directory `/etc/ldap' not empty so
> not removed.
> Purging configuration files for slapd ...
> Removing ldap-utils ...
> Removing ldap-gateways ...
> cderr:/usr/src# dpkg -i ldap-utils_2.0.23-3_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package ldap-utils.
> (Reading database ... 101541 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking ldap-utils (from ldap-utils_2.0.23-3_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up ldap-utils (2.0.23-3) ...

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Ted Knab