Re: hi, question about slapd.d configuration changed on the fly

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> cosmih wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > how can i make this access rule to be used on the fly ( from 
> > administrator's guide: The LDAP configuration engine allows all of 
> > slapd's configuration options to be changed on the fly, generally 
> > without requiring a server restart for the changes to take effect)
>
> s/all/one or two/
>
> I'd guess that the passage you quote (and it _is_ correct) was written 
> for a future version of OpenLDAP. For us, simply being able to change 
> olcLogLevel on the fly with gq's 'point 'n click' has been one huge 
> godsend.

Where are you getting this "one or two" stuff? Everything can be set 
dynamically. All means all.

The original poster obviously missed the point that the *LDAP* 
configuration engine is driven by *LDAP*. I.e., changes are accomplished 
using ldapmodify, not by editing any files.

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