Re: creation of test database

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 09:37 AM 1/26/00 +0100, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Antonín_Novak?= wrote:
>I am wanting to create a test database with its own conf file on the 
>same Unix machine a our live database.
>
>Is there some way I can specify another port number for this 
>database to use, as I do not want to have to stop and start the live 
>database everytime I change the conf file.

Yes, see http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapd

>I am also looking at using the etc/passwd file to authenticate 
>users, but when I try to use the database passwd on the conf file. i 
>get the following error "	Unrecognized database type (passwd)"

Try configuring w/ --enable-passwd.  Note, however, the passwd
backend is search only... it doesn't support authentication.