Re: cn=config and DB_CONFIG

Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
> DT Piotr Wadas writes:
>> Is it possible with openldap, any version, to tune DB_CONFIG attributes
>> for selected context via cn=config ?
>
> Yes.  See the admin guide and the slapd-bdb(8) manpage, keyword
> dbconfig.  The cn=config attribute is called olcDbConfig.  Note that
>     "The options set using this directive will only be written to the
>     DB_CONFIG file if no such file existed at server startup time"
> Come to think of it, I don't know what happens if you modify an existing
> database's DB_CONFIG; I've only used it with empty database directories.

If you ldapmodify via cn=config the DB environment will be closed and 
re-opened to make the new settings take effect.

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