Fedora directory users - Apr 2006 - Administrating Fedora directory Server through commands

Hai,

  I am using Fedora Directory Server 7.1 on CentOS 4.3 (SMP kernal).

  Now i want to administer FDS from the command line.so i am using
  ldapadd,ldapmodify,ldapdelete ... commands.

  I have no problem in adding an organizational unit or user to the
  directory.

  I am getting problem while try to add a new root suffix to the FDS from
  the command line.

  This is the process i am following to add a new root suffix

  1) The ldif file (root.ldif) contains the following attributes
     corresponds to the root entry

         dn: cn="dc=newroot,dc=com",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
         objectclass: dcobject
         objectclass: top
         objectClass: domain
         objectclass: extensibleObject
         objectclass: nsMappingTree
         nsslapd-state: backend
         nsslapd-backend: newdb
         cn: dc=newroot,dc=com
         dc: newroot

  2) Then i am using ldap add command to add the root suffix which is
     defined in the ldif file(root.ldif)

         ldapadd -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w testingdir -f
root.ldif

     This command is get executed perfectly.Then i opened the FDS console.
     Perhaps there is no error in the log file too.

  3) Click Directory server > configuration

     I have the entry for "newroot" and "newdb" is the
database assigned to
     the database.

  4) Then If i open the Directory server > directory window i am not having
     a directory entry for the newly created root suffix.

     I don''t have any problem if i create the root suffix from the GUI
mode.


  What could be the problem?

  Can anyone pls help me to get rid of the problem?

  Is there is any documentation available for administrating the Fedora
  Directory server from the command line with trouble shooting
  methods.(Now i am using Fedors DS administration guide.)

  Thanks in advance.

---
Regards,
Hariharan.R

Hariharan R wrote:
> Hai,
>
>  I am using Fedora Directory Server 7.1 on CentOS 4.3 (SMP kernal).
>
>  Now i want to administer FDS from the command line.so i am using
>  ldapadd,ldapmodify,ldapdelete ... commands.
>
>  I have no problem in adding an organizational unit or user to the
>  directory.
>
>  I am getting problem while try to add a new root suffix to the FDS from
>  the command line.
>
>  This is the process i am following to add a new root suffix
>
>  1) The ldif file (root.ldif) contains the following attributes
>     corresponds to the root entry
>
>         dn: cn="dc=newroot,dc=com",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
>         objectclass: dcobject
>         objectclass: top
>         objectClass: domain
>         objectclass: extensibleObject
>         objectclass: nsMappingTree
>         nsslapd-state: backend
>         nsslapd-backend: newdb
>         cn: dc=newroot,dc=com
>         dc: newroot
>
>  2) Then i am using ldap add command to add the root suffix which is
>     defined in the ldif file(root.ldif)
>
>         ldapadd -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w testingdir -f
root.ldif
>
>     This command is get executed perfectly.Then i opened the FDS console.
>     Perhaps there is no error in the log file too.
>
>  3) Click Directory server > configuration
>
>     I have the entry for "newroot" and "newdb" is the
database
> assigned to
>     the database.
But I think you did not define the database "newdb".  See 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/entry_dist.html#18238

You should add an entry that looks like this:

dn: cn=newdb,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config

objectclass: extensibleObject

objectclass: nsBackendInstance

nsslapd-suffix: dc=newroot,dc=com

>
>  4) Then If i open the Directory server > directory window i am not 
> having
>     a directory entry for the newly created root suffix.
Finally, you need to add an actual _entry_.  The directory browser 
window only shows you entries.  Defining a suffix and a database does 
not actually add any data/entries to the newly created suffix.  You need 
to add an entry like this:
dn: dc=newroot,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: domain
dc: newroot
>
>     I don''t have any problem if i create the root suffix from the
GUI
> mode.
The console does a lot of this behind the scenes.
>
>
>  What could be the problem?
>
>  Can anyone pls help me to get rid of the problem?
>
>  Is there is any documentation available for administrating the Fedora
>  Directory server from the command line with trouble shooting
>  methods.(Now i am using Fedors DS administration guide.)
>
>  Thanks in advance.
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Hariharan.R
>
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Hai,
  Fedora DS 7.1  by default supports LDBM database as a backend data store.

  I want to change the backend database to BDB or MySQL.

  How i can make the Fedora DS 7.1 to interface with BDB or MySQL database?

  Is there is any documentation for doing it?

  Please anyone advice me on this.I am in an urgent need ...

  Thanks in advance.

---
Regards,
Hariharan.R

Hariharan R wrote:
>  Fedora DS 7.1  by default supports LDBM database as a backend data 
> store.
>
>  I want to change the backend database to BDB or MySQL.
>
>  How i can make the Fedora DS 7.1 to interface with BDB or MySQL 
> database?
Well let''s see...

1. The LDBM/BDB thing is an OpenLDAP-ism. OpenLDAP created the
''BDB'' backend
as the new transacted store, leaving the older LDBM code as it was. FDS 
is not OpenLDAP.
It forked from the UMich code in 1995. In FDS the name of the files is 
still ''ldbm'' but the
functionality is roughly similar to that of the ''BDB'' backend
in
OpenLDAP (at least
as far as having ACID properties and using transactions in BekeleyDB goes).
So you need do absolutely nothing to get ''BDB''.

2. There is no SQL back end for FDS at present. So to change to a MySQL
backend database you''d need to write code.