Re: Anyone on this list patient with stupid questions?

["Allan Streib" <astreib@indiana.edu>]

Does the directory specified in your slapd.conf exist?  slapadd will create
the db files but not the directory.

Try running slapadd with -d -1 (full debugging output) and see if it gives
you any more clues.

Allan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Smith" <jonathan.w.smith@att.net>
To: "openldap-software" <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone on this list patient with stupid questions?


> Okay, Peter, my computer is still telling me I am a dummy even when I
> follow your directions!
>
>  From /var/lib/ldap after shutting down slapd, I told my computer:
>
>   slapadd -b "ou=Contacts, o=Amalaki" -l Contacts.ldif
>
> And, it replied:
>
> ha-ha  slapadd: could not open database.
>
> Is there a way to reconfigure the database?
>
> P.S. Actually, it didn't say "ha-ha" that was another ad lib.
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