Re: instalation configuration: i am loosing my hairs

[gonzales@linuxlouis.net]

It doesn't keep it inside the service itself, it has a local database file 
of sorts, OOTB.  You can always hook it up to postgresql or other database 
system.

"backend" = "database" of some sort...

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Nietzsche wrote:

> What is the different between "backend" and "database" terms ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de> wrote:
> > "John Nietzsche" <john.nietzsche@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Dear list members,
> > >
> > > i am reading the OpenLDAP Software 2.3 Administrator's Guide. I saw
> > > that for this version, OpenLDAP keeps its configuration inside Ldap
> > > service itself.
> > >
> > > I could understand how it could be done: It seemed to me an
> > > chicken-egg problem?
> > > After just installation, how could i "tell" openldap daemon server to
> > > access this initial configuration file?
> > > Where do i get this file from? Does it come from the tarball distributed?
> > >
> > > Could you give the way i should "walk" ?
> >
> > write a minimal slapd.conf than execute slaptest -f<path-to-file>
> > -F<path-to-directory>, the diretory name must be slapd.d. man
> > slapd(8), man slaptest(8)
> >
> > -Dieter
> >
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