openLDAP question

[James B. Byrne]

I regret that in the interest of brevity I did not make myself 
clearer.  I have slapd running, and I believe from experiments that 
the configuration file for this is /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.  My 
difficulty is in getting myself connected to the ldap server to 
create entries.  I am not clear on the role of the cn=Manger token in 
the config file for the binddn and rootbinddn entries.  Is this a 
required value or can any arbitrary name be chosen?  Could the name 
be changed to "manager" or even "root"? What are the implications?  
Can the name be changed later or is the initial selection fixed?  If 
one changes the name what other administrative tasks are required to 
make it work? Why would I not wish to have the rootbinddn set to 
cn=root,dn=harte-lyne,dn=ca  for instance?  I gather that one is 
required to put a password in /etc/ldap.secret.  Is this password an 
arbitrary one used only for ldap or must it match the password 
assigned to root for the system?

Sincerely,
Jim
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