Re: I can't delete a shell DB

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> Diego Woitasen wrote:
> >   I was using shell backend and now switched to sock backend (shell
> > looks unstable). My problem not is that I can't delete the shell DB.
> >
> > This is the entry in cn=config:
> >
> > dn: olcDatabase={3}shell,cn=config
> > objectClass: olcShellConfig
> > objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
> > olcDatabase: {3}shell
> >
> > When I try to remove it I get Error 53 - Unwilling to perform.
> >
> > Looks like there is a dependency with this entry, but I don't see
> > where. Is the last one, i removed the suffix.... hints?
> >
> > And don't see anything usefull in the logs.
>
> back-config does not support delete operation by default.
>
> You can enable delete support by compiling with
> CFLAGS=".. -DSLAP_CONFIG_DELETE"
>
> Not sure whether that's officially supported/recommended by OpenLDAP
> developers though.

Not yet.

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