just a thought, the problem you could not update could be you use the rootdn of slave as updatedn.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Halfpenny Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: replication security hi everybody, i have a couple of small questions regarding my openldap replication setup, if anyone knows the answers i would appreciate it enormously :-) if i run with a cleartext password for the updatedn, and turn off readonly on the slave, all works well, i.e. master- replica host=master.my.local:389 binddn="cn=Manager,dc=my,dc=local" bindmethod=simple credentials=mypass syncrepl slave- updatedn "cn=Manager,dc=my,dc=local" referral ldap://master.my.local but i have read that the slave should really be readonly, yet when i add readonly on to the slave configuration, it won't allow me to update! my other query regards the {SSHA} password option used by the master to bind to the slave, as i can't get this going either. i.e. master- bindmethod=simple credentials={SSHA}dfsEWF4fw4wrqdsFSD does this hashed manager password need to be generated on the slave or the master? or should either suffice? thank you very much in advance for any guidance! john _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
