ldap backup data bases?

[Tim Tyler <tyler@beloit.edu>]

  LDAP experts,
  We are in the beginning stages of getting an Openldap server up and 
running on Debian.  So far it has been rather successful in that we can get 
most clients to work with it.  However, we occasionally need to make 
changes using ldapmodify to correct certain entries.  This works fine and 
everything tests out ok.  But when we come back to the project a few days 
later, we find sometimes that the ldap database has reverted back to the 
way it was before the changes.  Hence, we have to perform those ldapmodify 
commands again.  My question is what might cause this scenario?  Does 
openldap revert back to a backup version if the current version gets 
corrupt for some reason?  Might playing around with ACL's have caused that 
to happen?  While its not important while I am testing, I want to make sure 
that changes I make remain stable when I go live at some point.  Any 
thoughts on what might cause an ldap database to revert back to a previous 
status is much appreciated.


Tim Tyler
Network Engineer - Beloit College
tyler@beloit.edu