Re: adding VLV support to OpenLDAP 2.4.31

[Igor Shmukler <igor.shmukler@gmail.com>]

Hello Chris,

Yes, I am now sure that slapd.d is being used. Last night, Andrew
explained how this can be checked.

Sincerely,

Igor Shmukler

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Chris Card <ctcard@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> vq@vq-HVM-domU:~$ ldapsearch -x -w Vq0106%% -D "cn=admin,dc=nodomain"
>> -b cn=config
>> # extended LDIF
>> #
>> # LDAPv3
>> # base <cn=config> with scope subtree
>> # filter: (objectclass=*)
>> # requesting: ALL
>> #
>>
>> # search result
>> search: 2
>> result: 32 No such object
>>
>> # numResponses: 1
>>
>> vq@vq-HVM-domU:~$ cat /usr/share/slapd/sssvlv.ldif
>> dn: olcOverlay=sssvlv,olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
>> objectClass: olcSssVlvConfig
>> olcOverlay: sssvlv
>> olcSssVlvMax: 10
>> olcSssVlvMaxKeys: 5
>>
>> In order to actually get the search working, I use base dc=nodomain
>>
>> It is not my choice. I inherited the server and the configuration. Nor
>> do I know much about OpenLDAP configuration. I am a programmer and my
>> job is [among other things] hacking the client piece. Unfortunately,
>> there is nobody else [better] qualified to configure the server.
>> Hence, I am filling in for an administrator.
>>
>> The "ldapsearch -x -w SECRET -D "cn=admin,dc=nodomain" -b dc=nodomain"
>> version works fine and I do in fact get results.
>>
> Are you sure that slapd is using the slapd.d configuration, rather than the old-style slapd.conf?
> If slapd.d is being used, then slapd should be running with -F <dir>/slap.d, if not then it will be
> running with -f <dir>/slapd.conf.
>
> Chris