Re: How do I tell slapd where to look for the DB_CONFIG file?

[Christoph Neumann <cneumann@apu.edu>]

Andreas wrote:
> > > How do I tell slapd where to look for the DB_CONFIG file? Sorry for the
> > > stupid question. I am having a hard time finding the documentation for
> > > this.
> >
> > You don't.  It lives in the same directory as you specify as being the 
> > location of the BDB database.
>
>
> Just to clarify :)
>
> If you have "directory /var/lib/openldap-data" in your slapd.conf, then that's
> where DB_CONFIG should be. Also, many options do not take effect if you add
> them *after* the database has been created. You should start with an empty
> directory, place DB_CONFIG there and then load your data.

How does one tell which ones take take effect at which time?  I see no 
mention of when here:
http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/ref/env/db_config.html
or here:
http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/api_c/env_list.html

- Christoph