Re: Including schema in directory based config?

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Howard Chu wrote:
> cn=config is a slapd database and should be treated as such. The
> contents are not vanilla LDIF files, and database internals are always
> subject to change. It was designed to be used like other LDAP databases
> - using ldap* tools when slapd is running, and using slap* tools when
> slapd is offline.

While this is true for normal conditions couldn't there be situations where
cn=config was tweaked in such a way that the server won't come up anymore? In
this case tweaking the LDIF directly is an appropriate solution.

Ciao, Michael.