[K12OSN] Re: PDC/BDC problem (Randall Swift)

[Randall Swift]

"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>> From: "Randall Swift" <swift at msad52.org>
>> Subject: [K12OSN] PDC/BDC problem
>
>> I have a PDC setup on core 5 that has been running all year. I finally
>got
>> the chance to setup up BDC on core 5.
>> Everything setup fine. However, when i run ./smbldap pdc on the pdc and
>> after I answer all the questions I get the following error: Unable to
>load
>> LDAP database for slave initialization:256.  I also ran ./smbldap bdc on
>> the bdc and I get the same error. I have also restarted both servers
>with
>> no luck. Ideas?? Thanks
>
>The line that's failing is line 1260 of smbldap-configure, which is
>running this command on the BDC:
>
>slapadd -l $slapcat_ldif_path/slapcat.ldif
>
>What happens if you run
>$ slapcat > blah.ldif
>on your PDC, copy blah.ldif to your BDC, and run
>$ slapadd -l blah.ldif
>?
>
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Just to make sure, 
run slapcat > **.ldif on the PDC (do I put in the >)
copy **.ldif to BDC
run slapadd -l **.ldif on the BDC

This will not do anything to my PDC as this is a production server and I
can't have it go down??

Randy Swift
Network Administrator
Leavitt Area High School
Turner, Maine 04282
(207)225-3533
swift at msad52.k12.me.us