Re: Cache???????????????

[kunkee@neosoft.com (Randy Kunkee)]

Ravi writes:
> Hi All,
>     I have created a ldbm database with directory parameter as
> /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm/tsp
> Now I add few entries in this database.
> After that I delete all the files from /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm/tsp so
> as to clear the whole database??? (Is it the right way?)
> And try to re-add the same enteries. But it says the 'entry with dn:
> <whatever> exists'?
> 
> For this I need to kill the slapd and re-run it!!!
> 
> I know that this is due to enteries are stored in cache???
> 
> But isn't there any way around kill and restart the daemon???
> 
> Regards
> Ravi Mittal
> 

The only other way is to use ldapdelete to remove everything.  In 2.0,
ldapdelete has a recursive option.

Randy