# $OpenLDAP$
-# Copyright 1999-2000, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 1999-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
# COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT.
H1: Database Creation and Maintenance Tools
For example:
-> directory /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm
+> directory /usr/local/var/openldap-data
You need to create this directory with appropriate permissions such
that slapd can write to it.
{{EX:objectclass}} attributes, the following {{EX:index}} directives
could be used:
-> index cn,sn,uid
-> index objectClass pres,eq
+> index cn,sn,uid pres,eq,approx,sub
+> index objectClass eq
+
+This would create presence, equality, approximate, and substring
+indices for the {{EX:cn}}, {{EX:sn}}, and {{EX:uid}} attributes and
+an equality index for the {{EX:objectClass}} attribute. Note that
+not all index types are available with all attribute types. See
+{{SECT:The slapd Configuration File}} section for more information
+on this option.
-Note that not all index types are available with all attribute types.
-See {{SECT:The slapd Configuration File}} section for more details on
-this option. Once you have configured things to your liking, start up
-slapd, connect with your LDAP client, and start adding entries. For
-example, to add an organization entry and an organizational role entry
-using the {{I:ldapadd}} tool, you could create an {{TERM:LDIF}} file
-called {{EX:entries.ldif}} with the contents:
+Once you have configured things to your liking, start up slapd,
+connect with your LDAP client, and start adding entries. For
+example, to add an organization entry and an organizational role
+entry using the {{I:ldapadd}} tool, you could create an {{TERM:LDIF}}
+file called {{EX:entries.ldif}} with the contents:
> # Organization for Example Corporation
> dn: dc=example,dc=com
For example:
-> directory /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm
+> directory /usr/local/var/openldap-data
-Finally, you need to specify which indexes you want to build. This
+Finally, you need to specify which indices you want to build. This
is done by one or more index options.
> index {<attrlist> | default} [pres,eq,approx,sub,none]
For example:
-> index cn,sn,uid pres,eq,sub
+> index cn,sn,uid pres,eq,approx,sub
> index objectClass eq
-This would create presence, equality and substring indexes for
-the {{EX:cn}}, {{EX:sn}}, and {{EX:uid}} attributes and an equality
-index for the {{EX:objectClass}} attribute. See the configuration
-file section for more information on this option.
+This would create presence, equality, approximate, and substring
+indices for the {{EX:cn}}, {{EX:sn}}, and {{EX:uid}} attributes and
+an equality index for the {{EX:objectClass}} attribute. Note that
+not all index types are available with all attribute types. See
+{{SECT:The slapd Configuration File}} section for more information
+on this option.
H3: The {{EX:slapadd}} program
Once you've configured things to your liking, you create the primary
-database and associated indexes by running the {{slapadd}}(8)
+database and associated indices by running the {{slapadd}}(8)
program:
> slapadd -l <inputfile> -f <slapdconfigfile>
> -l <inputfile>
-Specifies the LDIF input file containing the entries to add in text
-form (described below in the {{SECT:The LDIF text entry format}}
-section).
+Specifies the {{TERM:LDIF}} input file containing the entries to
+add in text form (described below in the {{SECT:The LDIF text entry
+format}} section).
> -f <slapdconfigfile>
Specifies the slapd configuration file that tells where to create
-the indexes, what indexes to create, etc.
+the indices, what indices to create, etc.
> -d <debuglevel>
An optional argument that specifies which database to modify. The
first database listed in the configuration file is {{EX:1}}, the
-second {{EX:2}}, etc. By default, the first ldbm database in the
+second {{EX:2}}, etc. By default, the first database in the
configuration file is used. Should not be used in conjunction with
{{EX:-b}}.
where {{EX:-n}} or {{EX:-b}} is used to select the database in the
{{slapd.conf}}(5) specified using {{EX:-f}}. The corresponding
-LDIF output is written to standard output or to the file specified
-using the {{EX:-l}} option.
+{{TERM:LDIF}} output is written to standard output or to the file
+specified using the {{EX:-l}} option.
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