Re: Bootstrap slapd config with back-config

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Dieter Kluenter wrote:

> Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> writes:
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> > Michael Ströder wrote:
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> > > HI!
> > >
> > > Can somebody give me a hint how to start configuration via LDAP with
> > > minimal slapd.conf, back-config and the configdir?
> > >
> > > I'd like to test whether web2ldap with some plugins could be helpful to
> > > configure OpenLDAP via back-config. Modifications are accepted by slapd
> > > but they are not persistent. Where is cn=config written to?
> > >
> > >      
> > Read the 2.3 Admin Guide, in CVS. If you need more help after that, we
> > can resume this thread.
> >    
>
> Please give us a hint :-)
> http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/
> doesn't say anything about cn=config, and I can't convert HEAD to html
> as sdf doesn't compile on my system.
I guess Kurt hasn't refreshed the OpenLDAP web site yet. I have uploaded 
a preliminary copy on my server here
http://www.highlandsun.com/hyc/ldapguide/

The new material is in Chapter 5 "Configuring Slapd". It is not 
complete, but it should give you enough to get started. After you get a 
chance to read that, go ahead and post specific questions here.

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