Upgrading openldap-server package

[Ed Wilts]

Ryan Golhar wrote:
> 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.

Here's the comment from Red Hat on this bug:

"we released -15 as part of U3 with inadvertently changed the default 
database type (doesn't "nuke" the existing db, just makes it 
inaccessible). Either reverting to the previous release or upgrading to 
-17 (released just a few hours after -15) fixes the problem. "

	.../Ed

> 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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