Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "%s: config_add_internal: "
                                "DN=\"%s\" already exists\n",
                                log_prefix, e->e_name.bv_val, 0 );
+                       /* global schema ignores all writes */
+                       if ( ce->ce_type == Cft_Schema && ce->ce_parent->ce_type == Cft_Global )
+                               return LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE;
                        return LDAP_ALREADY_EXISTS;
                }
        }
        ldap_pvt_thread_pool_resume( &connection_pool );
 
 out:;
-       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+       {       int repl = op->o_dont_replicate;
+               if ( rs->sr_err == LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE ) {
+                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_SUCCESS;
+                       op->o_dont_replicate = 1;
+               }
+               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+               op->o_dont_replicate = repl;
+       }
        slap_graduate_commit_csn( op );
        return rs->sr_err;
 }