Re: requesting clarification of slapd.conf-versus-slapd.d configuration

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Eric Irrgang wrote:
> ... Which brings me back to my real question of how to best backup and
> restore the configuration.  I can't get "slapadd -n0 -l config.ldif" to
> work as a recovery procedure.  Without specifying '-f' or '-F', slapadd
> consults the slapd.conf installed with the software and tries to use the
> database directories specified in it rather than in the config.ldif.  With
> '-F' specified, slapadd simply dies trying to open the slapd.d that isn't
> yet populated:
>   

Looks like the slapadd feature was broken a few months ago. It's now 
fixed in HEAD, try applying the patch in bconfig.c rev 1.206 to your source.

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