Re: maintaining indexes while ldap is running.

[Michael L Torrie <torriem@cs.byu.edu>]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Markus Storm wrote:

> You should check whether using the latest REL_ENG_2 makes a difference
> for you.

What exactly is REL_ENG_2 and how do I check for it and make sure I'm
using the latest verion?

thanks,
Michael


> (for us, it looks like it did; but I'd like to see someone on this list
> confirm it).
>
>
> regards,
> Markus
>
> Michael L Torrie wrote:
>
> >(No I'm not talking about running slapadd while the server is running!)
> >
> >My problem is that over time, writing to the database using ldapadd or php
> >functions seems to cause something to go wrong with my indexes.  The
> >system starts not seeing unix users (stored in ldap).  If I stop ldap and
> >run slapindex, and restart, then the users are normal again (ie linux sees
> >them fine).  Is this a known issue?  I mean I know that writing to an ldap
> >database is not that great (no locking, etc).  I'm serializing most of my
> >writes via a sql database that's ldapadded every few minutes.  When I get
> >a large batch of updates, over time, bad things happen, like crashes of
> >slapd, etc.  If I slapindex as I've mentioned,  ldap gets back to being
> >nice and stable.
> >
> >I appreciate any advice and help.
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >
>
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