Upgrading openldap-server package

Ryan Golhar golharam at umdnj.edu
Tue Sep 28 22:36:26 UTC 2004


That's exactly what I did, but its weird, the last update didn't erase
my database.   It looks like only the accounts that were created since
that last time I shutdown slapd were not there.

There has to be a better way...

Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Crabtree [mailto:crabtrej at otc.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:48 AM
To: golharam at umdnj.edu; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Upgrading openldap-server package


I had the same problem a few weeks ago.  The auto update of openldap 
through rhn overwrote the database files with empty files, then did the 
same several hours after we restored the server.  After that experience,

we setup a recovery plan using slapcat to backup the database on a 
regular basis.  I don't know what you are currently doing to backup your

database, but I would suggest backing it up before running any updates 
from Redhat. 

HTH.

Justin Crabtree
Java Programmer
Ozarks Technical Community College
799-1573




Ryan Golhar wrote:

>I recently upgraded the openldap-server package on my ldap server. 
>After the upgrade (using rpm -Uvh), I noticed that some of the user 
>accounts were not in the database anymore.  I think they were the 
>accounts that were created since the last time slapd was restarted (on 
>a reboot).
>
>When a new user is added to ldap, does slapd not write the data to disk

>until its shutdown?  During a previous upgrade of openldap-server, my 
>whole ldap database was erased and I wasn't sure why...
>
>Anyone else notice anything with upgrading openldap-server?
>
>Ryan
>
>  
>




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