Re: Deleting Everything in LDAP

[Markus Schabel <markus.schabel@tgm.ac.at>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Joseph Kezar wrote:
>  > I have a tree that I want to rebuild from scratch.
>
> Are you looking for
> 1. a general solution working remote via LDAP or
> 2. a solution how to get rid of the data of an OpenLDAP directory tree?
>
> 1. won't work well for directories larger than a few dozens of entries.
>
> For 2. simply delete the files in the directory holding this particular 
> database.
>
>  > ldapdelete -x -h localhost -D"cn=manager,o=mysite,c=US" -W objectclass=*
>  >
>  > But it doesnt take in a filter for the last clause,
>
> Don't you need the brackets and quote the filter argument? Try
>
> ldapdelete -x -h localhost -D"cn=manager,o=mysite,c=US" -W 
> "(objectclass=*)"

locally:
/etc/init.d/slapd stop
rm /var/lib/ldap/*
/etc/init.d/slapd start

I think this is the fastest method ;)

regards
Markus Schabel
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