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Re: [Openldap 2.4.16] Unable to use DB_CONFIG

Lepoutre Lionel wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use the DB_CONFIG file as it seems to be the good way to
> configure my hdb database.
> My LDAP start without any DB_CONFIG, but when I put a DB_CONFIG file I
> have an error:
> 
> "unrecognized name-value pair: dn:"
> 
> Here is an extract of my files (I have changed my personal information
> by MY...)
> ------------------------------------
> database        hdb
> suffix          "MY_LDAP_SUFFIX"
> rootdn          "MY_ROOT_DN"
> rootpw          MY_ROOT_PASS
> directory       /opt/local/openldap/var/openldap-data
> 
> - DB_CONFIG:
> -----------------------------------
> # global configuration settings
> dn: cn=config
> objectClass: olcGlobal
> cn: config

This seems like LDIF data for the new dynamic configuation backend [1]
which you don't seem to use at all since you posted excerpts of
slapd.conf [2].

The file DB_CONFIG has another syntax - nit LDIF. See example in
OpenLDAP's source distribution:

servers/slapd/DB_CONFIG

Ciao, Michael.

[1] http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/slapdconf2.html
[2] http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/slapdconfig.html

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Michael Ströder
E-Mail: michael@stroeder.com
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