Re: Modifying the DN

[Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com>]

Please keep mails on the OpenLDAP-Software list! I do not know
everything, and I don't have time to do private conversation.

That would constiute consulting, and consulting cost money.

Quoting Susanth_TS@Sifycorp.com:

> Thanks a lot for the info ..
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> Can you clear two more doubt of mine
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> 1. Is there sone way by which i can find if the backend berkely db is corrupted
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> 2. I get a message "deferring operation"  in the logs... when does this occur ?
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> Waiting for yuor reply
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> Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com> on 03/20/2002 01:27:15 PM
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> Quoting Susanth_TS@sifycorp.com:
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> > I have a requirement of changing the DN of particular entry. For example ,
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> > like to move the uid: test from ou=south to ou=north
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> > "uid=test, ou=south, o=global"  to  "uid=test, ou=north, o=global"
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> > Two options
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> > 1. ldap_rename() :  Openldap does not support this. Is there any configuration
> > that has to be done to make openldap suport this facility ?.
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> man ldapmodrdn
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> Note thought, that it can't handle the rename of a DN if it has childrens...
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> This will be implemented in OpenLDAP v2.1 (if I'm not remembering wrongly).
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> > 2 Delete ( ldap_delete() ) and recreate the uid in a different ou : Is this a
> > correct sollution ???
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> That's what I do.
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> I extract the DN (and all it's childrens) with the root DN (in reality, I don't
> HAVE a root dn any longer, I use kerberos and SASL) and then modify this LDIF
> and then add it back. When I have verified that it's correct, I delete the
> original
> DN(s).
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> > doubt if the berkely DB would get corrupted if there are
> > too many deletes. Do i have to check for something or synchronise the db after
> > deleting the entry to make sure that the databse is not corrupted ?
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> Not that I'm aware of. Slapd takes care of all this...
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> > Please suggest if there is someother way of solving this ?
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> Currently there is no other way. You CAN always wait for OpenLDAP 2.1 to
> be stable and/or have this implemented and then help test it, making it
> enter 'stable' mode quicker :)
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