Re: error: unknown directive "dbcachesize" inside backend database definition

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:21 PM +0000 B M <bobtuffet@hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> i'm running OpenLDAP 2.2.17 and Berkeley DB 4.2.52.2, and am getting this
> error in my slapd.conf:
>
> unknown directive "dbcachesize" inside backend database definition
>
> isn't dbcachesize a backend database directive?  i googled this error and
> found nothing.  while doing some reasearch, i came across the following
> page:
>
> http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch6/bdb.html#db-config
>
> it makes no mention of the dbcachesize directive, although it does
> mention the cachesize directive (which i'm using as well and appears to
> be recognized by slapd).  instead, it mentions a DB_CONFIG file where it
> looks like i can put a separate set_cachesize parameter in that will
> apply to the DB backend.
>
> is dbcachesize an obsolete option?  should i be using a DB_CONFIG file
> instead?  if so, what other options might i need to include in my
> DB_CONFIG file?

I suggest you read "man slapd-bdb".

dbcachesize is an option for "slapd-ldbm", a rather old DB backend, to 
which BDB is preferred.

And yes, you need to properly configure your DB_CONFIG file.

See:

<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration/bdb-config-42.html>

--Quanah

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