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Re: Correct procedure to backup LDAP?

To: Jeff Grant <jgrant@voicesignal.com>, Wes Rogers <wrogers@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Correct procedure to backup LDAP?
From: Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:04:47 -0700
Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
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--On Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:02 AM -0400 Jeff Grant <jgrant@voicesignal.com> wrote:

nice slapcat > ldap.ldif
ldbm_back_db_open: database already in use
backend_startup_one: bi_db_open failed! (-1)
slap_startup failed

Why in the world are you using ldbm? It is a known problematic database that has been removed from OpenLDAP 2.4, so it is not portable going forward. I highly advise using one of the supported backends (bdb or hdb).

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Developer
ITS/Shared Application Services
Stanford University
GnuPG Public Key: http://www.stanford.edu/~quanah/pgp.html

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