Upgrading openldap-server package
Ed Wilts
ewilts at ewilts.org
Tue Sep 28 23:08:57 UTC 2004
Ryan Golhar wrote:
> That's exactly what I did, but its weird, the last update didn't erase
> my database. It looks like only the accounts that were created since
> that last time I shutdown slapd were not there.
Here's the comment from Red Hat on this bug:
"we released -15 as part of U3 with inadvertently changed the default
database type (doesn't "nuke" the existing db, just makes it
inaccessible). Either reverting to the previous release or upgrading to
-17 (released just a few hours after -15) fixes the problem. "
.../Ed
> There has to be a better way...
>
> Ryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Crabtree [mailto:crabtrej at otc.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:48 AM
> To: golharam at umdnj.edu; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Upgrading openldap-server package
>
>
> I had the same problem a few weeks ago. The auto update of openldap
> through rhn overwrote the database files with empty files, then did the
> same several hours after we restored the server. After that experience,
>
> we setup a recovery plan using slapcat to backup the database on a
> regular basis. I don't know what you are currently doing to backup your
>
> database, but I would suggest backing it up before running any updates
> from Redhat.
>
> HTH.
>
> Justin Crabtree
> Java Programmer
> Ozarks Technical Community College
> 799-1573
>
>
>
>
> Ryan Golhar wrote:
>
>
>>I recently upgraded the openldap-server package on my ldap server.
>>After the upgrade (using rpm -Uvh), I noticed that some of the user
>>accounts were not in the database anymore. I think they were the
>>accounts that were created since the last time slapd was restarted (on
>>a reboot).
>>
>>When a new user is added to ldap, does slapd not write the data to disk
>
>
>>until its shutdown? During a previous upgrade of openldap-server, my
>>whole ldap database was erased and I wasn't sure why...
>>
>>Anyone else notice anything with upgrading openldap-server?
>>
>>Ryan
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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