From 6371bebc0b73c34fbeb96df3d3b02eb25790f6f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:22:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Search for the namingContext before attemping the ldapadd --- doc/guide/admin/quickstart.sdf | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/quickstart.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/quickstart.sdf index b3df4af094..45be7ff0a1 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin/quickstart.sdf +++ b/doc/guide/admin/quickstart.sdf @@ -120,15 +120,29 @@ To do this just run slapd. .{{EX:/usr/local/libexec/slapd}} .At this point the LDAP server is up and running, but there isn't any data -in the directory. We can use ldapadd to populate the directory. +in the directory. +You can check to see if the server is running and your naming context +(the {{EX:suffix}} you specified above) by searching it with +{{I:ldapsearch}}(1). +By default ldapsearch is installed as {{FILE:/usr/local/bin/ldapsearch}}. + +.{{EX:ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base '(objectclass=*)' namingContexts + +This should return: + +.{{EX:dn:}} +.{{EX:namingContexts: dc=example, dc=net}} + +.We can use {{I:ldapadd}}(1) to populate the directory. Again remember to replace dc=example,dc=net with the correct values for your -site. By default ldapadd is installed as /usr/local/bin/ldapadd. +site. By default ldapadd is installed as {{FILE:/usr/local/bin/ldapadd}}. .{{EX:ldapadd -x -D"cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net" -w secret -f myldif}} .Where myldif is the file you made in step 7A above. By default, the database -files will be created in /usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm. You may specify an -alternate directory via the directory option in the slapd.conf file. +files will be created in {{FILE:/usr/local/var/openldap-ldbm}}. +You may specify an alternate directory via the directory option in the +{{FILE:slapd.conf}} file. + {{B:See if it works}}. . Now we're ready to try everything out. @@ -137,7 +151,7 @@ alternate directory via the directory option in the slapd.conf file. example uses the ldapsearch tool. Remember to replace dc=example,dc=net with the correct values for your site. -.{{EX:ldapsearch -b 'dc=example,dc=net' '(objectclass=*)'}} +.{{EX:ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=example,dc=net' '(objectclass=*)'}} . This command will search for and retrieve every entry in the database. Note the use of single quotes around the filter, which prevents the "*" @@ -151,7 +165,6 @@ entries over LDAP, you will have to bind as the rootdn specified in the config file (see Section 5.2.2), or change the default access control (see Section 5.3). - The following sections provide more detailed information on making, installing, and running slapd. -- 2.39.5