Re: ldap.conf between /etc/openldap or /etc/openldap2.3?

[Philip Guenther <guenther+ldapsoft@sendmail.com>]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, R.B. wrote:
> I'm using the Buchan RPMs (openldap 2.3.39) for RHEL4 and it creates
> an /etc/openldap2.3 directory. I also have the base openldap (2.2.x)
> rpms installed (originally) and it creates the base /etc/openldap
> directory.
>
> After doing an strace, I see that /etc/openldap/ldap.conf is used....
> but I want use /etc/openldap2.3/ldap.conf file, how do I switch my
> ldap client to look here?

To quote the ldap.conf(5) manpage:

       Additional configuration files can be specified using  the
       LDAPCONF  and  LDAPRC environment variables.  LDAPCONF may
       be set to the path of a configuration file.  This path can
       be  absolute or relative to the current working directory.
       The LDAPRC, if defined, should be the basename of  a  file
       in  the  current  working  directory or in the user's home
       directory.

Note $LDAPCONF and $LDAPRC are read _after_ the compiled in paths are 
read.  There is no way to stop the client from reading the compiled in 
paths.  If you want that, you have to rebuild the clients from scratch 
with extra configure options to change the paths.  It looks like you would 
need:
	--sysconfdir=/etc --with-subdir=openldap2.3

...but I've never used --with-subdir, so I may be misreading things...


Philip Guenther