Re: Failure while importing an exported ldif file

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

--On Thursday, December 01, 2011 10:38 PM +0100 Axel Birndt 
<towerlexa@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi @All,
>
> now while my ldapserver is working on my testmachine, i'am trying to
> import my ldif files.
>
> I read the thread
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200711/msg00069.html
>
> but the import isn't working for me.

I'm not surprised. See why below:

> abirndt@lvps83-169-33-218:~/openldap_2axels-company$ sudo slapadd -F
> /etc/ldap/slapd.d -n 0 -l dc_2axels-company_dc_de_export.ldif
> slapadd: line 1: database (cn=config) not configured to hold
> "dc=2axels-company,dc=de"
> slapadd: line 1: database (cn=config) not configured to hold
> "dc=2axels-company,dc=de"
> abirndt@lvps83-169-33-218:~/openldap_2axels-company$ sudo slapadd -F
> /etc/ldap/slapd.d -n 0 -l cn_config_export.ldif
>
> I created my backupfiles with the following commands:
>
> sudo slapcat -b cn=config -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d/ >cn_Config_export.ldif
>
> sudo slapcat -b dc=2axels-company,dc=de -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d/
> >dc_2axels-company_dc_de_export.ldif

So you exported your primary (NOT CONFIG) database into 
dc_2axels-company_dc_de_export.ldif.

You exported your config database into cn_Config_export.ldif

Yet you are trying to *slapadd* your primary database into the cn=config 
database.  Why are you surprised this doesn't work?

Also, you need to import the config first.  So your first slapadd command 
should be:

sudo slapadd -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -n 0 -l cn_config_export.ldif

to import the config database.

Then you need to import your primary db:

sudo slapadd -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -b "dc=2axels-company,dc=de" -l 
dc_2axels-company_dc_de_export.ldif

For slapadd, -n 0 has very specific meaning -- It is for the cn=config db 
only.

--Quanah

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