[389-users] Db-link setup question
Rich Megginson
rmeggins at redhat.com
Mon Jul 20 16:36:50 UTC 2009
Reinhard Nappert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two LDAP Servers setup (Server A and Server B). Both of them
> have the identical suffix (o=suffix). Again, both of them have a
> people organizational unit (ou=people,o=suffix). Server B has a big
> subtree (ou=region B,ou=people,o=suffix).
>
> My intension is to create a db link on Server A, which links to the
> ou=region B,ou=people,o=suffix subtree on Server B.
>
> I did create the database link and a new suffix l=location
> B,ou=people,o=suffix on Server A with the following entries:
>
> dn: cn=serverBlink,cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,cn=config
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: extensibleObject
> objectclass: nsBackendInstance
> nsslapd-suffix: ou=region B,ou=people,o=suffix
> nsfarmserverurl: ldap://serverB:389/
> nsmultiplexorbinddn: cn=proxy admin,cn=config
> nsmultiplexorcredentials: secret
> cn: serverBlink
>
> dn: cn="l=location B,ou=people,o=suffix",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: extensibleObject
> objectclass: nsMappingTree
> nsslapd-state: backend
> nsslapd-backend: serverBlink
> nsslapd-parent-suffix: "ou=people,o=suffix "
> cn: "l=location B,ou=people,o=suffix"
>
> I am only interested in reading the server B information, when
> accessing from server A. The "proxy admin" user was created as well.
>
> When I do a search with the base l=location B,ou=people,o=suffix,
> accessing server A, I always get the following error "Proxy dn should
> not be rootdn".
>
> What did I miss for the setup?
You cannot chain the directory manager user (aka rootdn). I'm assuming
you're doing a search like
ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" ...
This will not work - you must use a user other than directory manager.
>
> Thanks,
> -Reinhard
>
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