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RE: back-BDB

back-bdb is new in OpenLDAP 2.1. back-ldbm using BDB is not the same thing.

You can get OpenLDAP 2.0.26 or 2.0.27 if you need to stick with 2.0.x; the
last known index corruption bug in back-ldbm was fixed in 2.0.26. Also fixed
in back-ldbm in 2.1.5. So far OpenLDAP 2.1.5 appears pretty stable, although
there is a memory leak issue that was recently fixed in CVS.

Slightly off-topic - on the client side, 2.1.5 also has a couple new routines
for parsing search entries that is more efficient than before. The
clients/tools/ldapsearch.c source shows how to use the new functions, but the
old code is used by default. (In Symas cdsclient's ldapsearch we use the new
code. I think it's insignificant for ldapsearch, but it may have a nice
impact on nss_ldap/pam_ldap performance. Still experimenting...)

  -- Howard Chu
  Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
  http://www.symas.com               http://highlandsun.com/hyc
  Symas: Premier OpenSource Development and Support

> -----Original Message-----
> From: procacci@int-evry.fr [mailto:procacci@int-evry.fr]On Behalf Of
> Jehan PROCACCIA
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 5:39 AM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org; hyc@symas.com
> Subject: back-BDB
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I really appreciated the new FAQ regarding backends:
> http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=756
>
> Unfortunatly I didn't understood if back-bdb is a new feature
> or if I am
> already using it in my 2.0.21 openldap version. It was compile with:
> --with-ldbm-api = berkeley, and my files are .dbb files, but my
> slapd.conf file contains a "database ldbm" keyword !?. It's a
> little bit
> confusing .
> Will I get something different (and better ?) using a 2.1.5 openldap
> with back-bdb instead of a 2.0.21 or 2.0.25 ldbm and .dbb
> files ? I saw
> from 2.0.25 source RPM .spec file that it statically link slapd to db
> 4.0.14 when defining "backend" to "berkeley", will it be the same
> berkeley db with 2.1.5 or another API ?
>
> Finally is 2.1.5 reliable (stable ?) , I recently got a corrupted
> database and I want to upgrade from my 2.0.21 to a more
> secure backend .
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS: are there source RPM packages for 2.1.5 ?
> --
> Jehan Procaccia
> Institut National des Telecommunications| Email:
> Jehan.Procaccia@int-evry.fr
> MCI, Moyens Communs Informatiques	| Tel  : +33 (0) 160764436
> 9 rue Charles Fourier 91011 Evry France | Fax  : +33 (0) 160764321
>
>