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Re: ???

SOunds like you didn't shut down slapd before and restart it after the
ldif2ldbm, so the slapd was still running using the old files, even
though you had deleted them (unix will not release the files until they
are finally closed).

Randy

> Hello-
> 
> Im currently running openldap 1.2.10...very happy so far...
> 
> I am experiencing something weird currently that I havent been able to
> get around , yet...
> 
> I recently needed to update my ldap .dbb...so i removed all the files
> from my /usr/tmp directory where the .dbb files reside....at this point
> i took the ldif file i had generated and ran
> ldif2ldbm -j 6 -i ldiffile
> 
> then i restarted slapd.... a ps ax shows me that of course things
> started again...so all would seem fine...however, the new information
> doesnt show up when i connect to ldap...
> ie. i still get the old info but the newer entries i had added are not
> apparently there...
> 
> so, i rm my netscape cache file incase it was cached....still same
> thing... Im not sure what else to do at this point to get things too
> show up...If this doesnt work how does one update
> their ldap....must i do an ldapadd for every entry....yuk....I would
> like to make this work so that i can just write a script and put in cron
> to run weekly....to keep my ldap up to snuff....
> 
> Anyways...any thoughts would be appreciated....and anyone with a cure is
> even better....
> 
> Thanks.....
> ray
> -- 
> Ray Schneider
> Operations Engineer	http://www.scoreboardinc.com
> Founded gmulug		http://www.af-design.com/gmulug
> 
> Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
>                             -D. Knuth
>