Re: Database meta does not have any root node

[Marc Patermann <hans.moser@ofd-z.niedersachsen.de>]

Michel,

michel.gruau schrieb am 11.04.2011 17:22 Uhr:

> I am trying to configure an LDAP proxy towards 2 LDAP targets and I'm 
> using the meta backend as follows:
>
> database meta
> suffix ou=A,o=B,c=C
> uri ldap://server1/ou=S1,ou=A,o=B,c=C
> uri ldap://server2/ou=S2,ou=A,o=B,c=C
>
> It is working fine except for one point : I'm unable to peform a base 
> search on my root node "ou=A,o=B,c=C". It always respond with error code 
> 32 (no such object).
>
> Reading the man page slapd-meta, I understand this is the normal 
> behaviour. But is there a mean to make this root suffix becoming à 
> concrete node ? This point is mandatory for me as many of my client 
> applications are looking for this entry.
IMHO the root object of your meta database is "ou=S1,ou=A,o=B,c=C" as 
defined in your config. So if on server1 and server2 ou=S1,ou=A,o=B,c=C 
exists (and you have read access to it) this will be your meta root object.

> I tried to create another backend above this one (using subordinate 
> keyword) in order to host this root note but slapd always complain about 
> the fact the suffix is defined twice.
This will not work.

Marc