Re: Questions on supporting multiple naming contexts in the slapd.conf

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

re: questions 1 and 4 - see the slapd.conf(5) man page, "suffix" keyword.
re: 2 - see slapd.conf(5).
0 and 3 - already answered by Quanah's reply.

Krishna Ganugapati wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have some newbie questions on the slapd.conf and support for multiple
> naming contexts/directory partitions
>
> I want to have two partitions
>
> 1) dc=marakicorp,dc=com
>
> 2) cn=subcontainer,dc=marakicorp,dc=com
>
> Is the following slapd.conf valid
>
> database        bdb
> suffix          "dc=marakicorp,dc=com"
> rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=marakicorp,dc=com"
> rootpw          secret
> directory       %LOCALSTATEDIR%/openldap-data
> # Indices to maintain
> index   objectClass     eq
>
> database 	bdb
> suffix 	  	"cn=subcontainer,dc=marakicorp,dc=com
> rootdn		"cn=Manager,dc=marakicorp,dc=com
> rootpw		secret
> directory	%LOCALSTATEDIR%/openldap-data
> index		objectClass eq
>
> Here are my questions
>
> 0) Can I use the same type of backend (bdb) for both naming contexts?
> I'm assuming that this is valid.
>
> 1) The second naming context is rooted at an object that is a "logical"
> child of the suffix of the first naming context - is this acceptable to
> do?
>
> 2) The rootdn (Manager dn) for both naming contexts is a dn which is
> found in the first naming context "cn=Manager,dc=marakicorp,dc=com
>
> 3) The database location (directory) is the same for both naming
> contexts - I'm not particular that the same store be used for both
> naming contexts - I'm okay with separate database stores, but would like
> to clarify if this is doable.
>
> 4) I don't expect the second naming context root object
> (cn=Subcontainer,dc=marakicorp,dc=com) be reachable from the first
> naming context, but presumably if there is a referral object in the
> first naming context that "refers" me to the second naming context, I
> would be able to spelunk from the first naming context into the second.
>
> Could someone clarify if my assumptions here are accurate?
>
> Thanks so much
>
> Krishna 
>
>
>   


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