[Samba] Migrating from Centos 5 NT4 style to Centos 7 issues

[Gaiseric Vandal]

I vaguely remember some issue where openldap between versions went from 
using a single file for config to a multiple file config.    I think you 
could use the slapcat command to convert.



On 04/11/17 16:16, Marc Muehlfeld via samba wrote:
> Hi Alberto,
>
> I currently don't have an OpenLDAP server running, but let's try it 
> anyway. :-)
>
>
> Am 11.04.2017 um 21:44 schrieb Alberto Moreno via samba:
>> Next move my config files to the new server:
>> /etc/ldap.conf
>> /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
>> /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
>
> Can you make sure that there is no /etc/openldap/slapd.d/ directory? 
> If it exists, delete it - otherwise your slapd.conf is not used. You 
> can later convert your slapd.conf into the directory-style 
> configuration if you want.
>
>
>
>> Copy DB_CONFIG that doesn't exist on openldap 2.4, to /var/lib/ldap/
>
> * Does there anything exist in this directory? If yes, delete it.
> * Restore your DB_CONFIG file.
> * Start slapd to create the initial database files.
> * Stop slapd again. slapadd works offline.
>
>
>
>
>> Restore ldap backup.
>>
>> slapadd -l mydomain.ldif
>
> Just to make sure that the command uses your config:
> # slapadd -l mydomain.ldif -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
>
>
>
>> But I got this error:
>>
>> slapadd -l /opt/mydomain.ldap
>> 58ecf8a3 The first database does not allow slapadd; using the first
>> available one (2)
>> slapadd: line 1: database #2 (dc=my-domain,dc=com) not configured to 
>> hold
>> "dc=mydomain,dc=local"; no database configured for that naming context
>> _                       0.10% eta   none elapsed            none 
>> spd   2.1
>
> Do you have multiple databases configured in slapd.conf? If yes, 
> temporarily remove the ones you don't need for the import.
>
> Other than that, if your slapd.conf isn't mixed with an existing 
> slapd.d directory, it might help to see the slapd.conf
>
> If the previous hints do not help, you can send me an email off-list 
> with your slapd.conf and an LDIF file that contains the a few top 
> level entries. Then I can have a look tomorrow evening.
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>