For learning purposes, I think the flat file is much easier to master. I thought Apple's Open-Directory was forked from an older version of OpenLDAP (perhaps 2.1.x).
I gather that upstream 6.x and thus CentOS 6.x is using OpenLDAP 2.4.x and probably also dynamic configuration but I haven't installed upstream 6.x or any derivative distribution so I don't know for sure. Dynamic configuration was introduced in OpenLDAP 2.3 and it seemed to me that the book is using dynamic configuration but I could be wrong. It either references using 'cn=config' or it doesn't and that's the indicator of whether it is dynamic or not. Craig On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Wessel van der Aart wrote: > thanks for the tip, does this dynamic configuration come with openldap 2.4? > the version they use in the book is 2.3 which is also the version on > centos 5.7 so i guess i'm safe there , > but now i'm wondering if this isn't too outdated. > does it make's sense to start with learning an older version? > i'm basically just looking for a way to familiarise myself with all the > terms and tools as i'm fairly new to all this ( i only have experience > with apple's open-directory). what do you think? > > wessel > > On 10/27/2011 05:28 PM, Craig White wrote: >> Ubuntu has been using 'dynamic' configuration (aka cn=config and >> /etc/ldap/slapd.d) for quite some time now but you're using CentOS 5.x which >> includes an old version of OpenLDAP and uses the 'flat file' configuration >> (/etc/openldap/slapd.conf) >> >> There's bound to be issues at each place where it talks about >> 'configuration'. >> >> My suggestion to you is to use some type of virtualization product (VMWare, >> VirtualBox, etc.) and install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a virtual and then you >> will track with the book. >> >> Craig >> >> On Oct 27, 2011, at 5:01 AM, Wessel van der Aart wrote: >> >>> actually i'm reading this book , ' mastering openldap' from packt >>> publishing, on it, >>> the book uses ubuntu as distro in their examples and i just assumed the >>> working of openldap between distro's wouldn't be any different (except >>> for directory paths). however i removed the moduleload line , ran >>> 'slaptest -v -u -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf' (the 'database hdb' bit was >>> already there) and now it's fine. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> wessel >>> >>> On 10/26/2011 11:11 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I assume you are following a random tutorial on the net. Don't do that. >>>> It simply does not fit. >>>> >>>> Instead of using a modulepath just (the proper one on CentOS would be >>>> /usr/lib/openldap, as pre-defined in slapd.conf; but the backends are >>>> not available as modules on CentOS), define you database properly. Where >>>> you see >>>> >>>> database bdb >>>> >>>> in the slapd.conf CentOS ships with, just change bdb into hdb. >>>> >>>> Alexander >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS@centos.org >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ craig.wh...@ttiltd.com 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ttiassessments.com Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired success? Let us help! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
