Re: slapcat -n 0 and slapadd

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Craig White wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
>
> > Craig White wrote:
> > > Having migrated to dynamic config, I'm looking for a reasonable way to
> > > restore in the event of a disaster.
> > >
> > > The discussion last week got me curious and though I can slapcat -n 0 -l
> > > $SOME_FILE I can't slapadd this same file because it complains that I don't
> > > have a slapd.conf file, which of course is true... I haven't needed it with
> > > the dynamic configuration backend.
> > >
> > > What's the minimum that I would need in a slapd.conf file so I can simply
> > > 'rm -fr /var/lib/ldap/*&&   slapadd -l $SLAPD_BACKUP' ?
> >
> > You don't need a slapd.conf file at all. You just need to tell it where to slapadd the configuration.
> >
> > slapadd -F new/slapd.d -n0 config.ldif
> ----
> # mkdir /etc/ldap/slapd.d
>
> # slapadd -l slapcat_config.ldif -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d
> Available database(s) do not allow slapadd
>
> There aren't any databases configured because I'm thinking recovery from a disaster, starting from a clean install as it were.

Pay attention. Even a monkey can copy text without omitting parts.

slapadd -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -n 0 -l slapcat_config.ldif

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