Got it. Thanks for the help! =)
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 20:45, <masar...@aero.polimi.it> wrote: > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 21:27, <masar...@aero.polimi.it> wrote: > > > >> > Yes, indeed this is our case. I had to manually slapindex, then only > >> we > >> > got > >> > the correct result (even though we have specified the attribute to > >> index > >> > automatically in slapd.conf). > >> > >> How do you specify automatic attribute indexing in slapd.conf? I didn't > >> know about that. > >> > > > > We have this line in slapd.conf. > > > > index customAttribute pres,eq > > > > Is this not automatic indexing? Or is it just specifying which attribute > > to > > index when running slapindex? > > > man slapd.conf(5): > > (about index settings) > ... > Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use. Also, > changing these settings will generally require deleting any indices > that depend on these parameters and recreating them with slapindex(8). > ... > > man slapd-bdb(5): > > (about the index directive) > ... Note: changing index settings in > slapd.conf(5) requires rebuilding indices, see slapindex(8); > changing index settings dynamically by LDAPModifying "cn=config" > automatically causes rebuilding of the indices online in a back- > ground task. > > Could it be any clearer? > > p. > > >> > However, do we have to slapindex nightly since this is a case, or is > >> this > >> > a > >> > bug (we're using openldap 2.4.19)? > >> > >> Apparently, you ran slapindex without even reading the man page. It > >> *must* be run when you change indexes in slapd.conf, and only in that > >> case. And slapd *must not* be running when you run slapindex (it > >> complains and refuses to start, otherwise, as far as I know). > >> > >> Or, if you modify indexes using ldapmodify in cn=config, re-indexing > >> will > >> be automatical, no need to run slapindex. Is this what you meant? > >> > > > > I think so. That means, doing ldapmodify when ldap is running live will > > automatically re-index the attribute? > > > > > >> > >> p. > >> > >> > > Thanks for the help! > > > > Regards, > > Wan Mohd Khairi Wan Mohamed > > wankhairi [at] nervesis [dot] com [dot] my > > http://www.nervesis.com.my > > > > >
