Re: slapd: way of configuration

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com>]

--On Monday, September 24, 2012 6:11 PM +0200 Tobias Hachmer 
<lists@kokelnet.de> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I want to know what the recommended way is to configure slapd. I'm using
> openldap package 2.4.28 under ubuntu precise.
> As default there is no /etc/ldap/slapd.conf and the whole configuration
> is located under /etc/ldap/slapd.d/ in ldif format.
>
> 1. Must I use ldapmodify to change slapd configuration in cn=config
> backend or can I just change configuration directives directly in the
> appropriate ldif file under /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config/* ? If the
> latter, have I to restart slapd after configuration changes?

You must use ldapmodify.  Alternatively, you can slapcat the cn=config DB, 
modify the resulting LDIF, and re-import it.  See the -n 0 option to 
slapcat/slapadd.

Never modify the files under cn=config directly.

> 2. Will the old school way to configure slapd via slapd.conf be
> deprecated and not available at all in future?

Correct.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Sr. Member of Technical Staff
Zimbra, Inc
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