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Re: migrating data from ldbm to bdb



On Tuesday 14 February 2006 17:05, Necati Demir wrote:
> >On Tuesday 14 February 2006 12:09, Necati Demir wrote:
> >>i used these;
> >>
> >>slapcat -l data.ldif
> >>
> >>and then in the config file, i changed the
> >>database ldbm
> >>line to
> >>database bdb.
> >>
> >>Then, i restarted ldap, and did
> >>slapadd -l data.ldif
> >
> >slapd should not be running when you use slapadd.
> >
> >>but id doesnt do something.
> >>It only waits.
> >
> >You should actually do this:
> >
> >1)Stop slapd
> >2)slapcat -l data.ldif
> >3)Edit slapd.conf, change ldbm to bdb, add a checkpoint directive (see
> >slapd-bdb(5)).
> >4)Move the existing database files
> >5)Add a DB_CONFIG file (see the FAQ-o-matic for some info here)
> >6)slapadd -l data.ldif
>
> But it gives a message like this
>
> [root@alibaba root]# slapadd -l data.ldif
> slap_startup failed

When slapd is not running? Does your slapd have support for bdb?

Did you try increasing the verbosity (ie slapadd -d -1 -l data.ldif)?

(the more details you give, generally the easier it is to help you).

-- 
Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)

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