Re: adding VLV support to OpenLDAP 2.4.31

[Igor Shmukler <igor.shmukler@gmail.com>]

Where should I put the ldif file, then?

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Chris Card <ctcard@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Chris Card <ctcard@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> It is clear from the man slapo-sssvlv(5) page that when slapd.conf is
>>>> being used, the options should appear after the overlay directive.
>>>> Even I got this. Where those options should go when cn=config is used?
>>>> I do not understand it from the man page. Is this something to be
>>>> specified using ldapmodify?
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>>> You need to use ldapadd with ldif like this:
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>>> dn: olcOverlay=sssvlv,olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
>>> objectClass: olcSssVlvConfig
>>> olcOverlay: sssvlv
>>> olcSssVlvMax: 10
>>> olcSssVlvMaxKeys: 5
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>>> something like
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>>> ldapadd -x -w <password> -D cn=config -f <ldif file>
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>> Thank you Chris,
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>> This is exactly what I needed.
>> Should I put the leif file into the
>> /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config/cn=schema directory or
>> /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn\=config/ directory? What is the recommended
>> place?
>> [I see that -D is to specify binddn, yet I am not sure whether LDIF
>> should go there. Sorry for being stupid.]
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> Don't update anything under /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn\=config by hand!
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> The configuration is held in an LDAP directory with suffix cn=config, and
> you add stuff to it in exactly the same way as any other LDAP directory,
> using ldapadd, ldapmodify etc.
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> The fact that you can see files under /etc/ldap/slapd.d/cn=config is just
> an artifact of the implementation of the cn=config db in openldap, and I believe
> it is planned to change the implementation in the future.
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> Chris
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