Re: ldapadd "operations error"?

[Anthony Dean <void@aynet.dyndns.org>]

If the server is configured as a replica, you'll have to comment out the 
updatedn line before adding to the server directly.  After commenting 
out updatedn on the slave what you describe is exactly how I rebuild a 
slave.

Anthony

Martin Smith wrote:

> Still looking for help on this.  Question: Should my procedure for 
> starting over with the database work?  That is, can one delete all the 
> DB files in the directory and then pick up the QuickStart instructions 
> at the point where one is slappadding the initial top-level entries?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
>
> Martin Smith wrote:
>
> > I got a corrupted ldbm database, so I deleted all the files (moved 
> > them elsewhere, actually), and tried to reinsert the top of the 
> > directory (c=us) and superuser ID "cn=Manager,c=us) per the 
> > QuickStart manual, using ldapadd. I was successful is searching for 
> > "namingcontext", but adding the two entries above, I get "operations 
> > error".
> >
> > Any idea what that might mean? (I assume that some of the db files 
> > would appear in the directory if it were working, but none has so far.)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Martin