When googling the error I found this:
http://serverfault.com/questions/474008/cant-write-to-openldap-shadow-context-no-update-referral
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Can't write to OpenLDAP: "shadow context; no update referral"
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I just set up an OpenLDAP server (v2.4.23) and loaded some data. I can browse
and edit via Apache Directory Studio, but not deletions all fail.
For example, I tried to delete a list of DNs from a file:
ldapdelete -f rmroles.txt -W -D "cn=admin,cn=config"
but it dies with the message:
ldap_delete: Server is unwilling to perform (53)
additional info: shadow context; no update referral
Most of the info I've found suggests that this is related to replication, but I
haven't set up replication on this server yet. olcReadOnly is FALSE, and I've
set olcAccess to to * by * manage.
Any other ideas what could be wrong?
openldap deleting
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asked Jan 30 '13 at 22:45
Brad Mace
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Apparently just having the olcMirrorMode attribute present on cn=config (even
when set to FALSE) is enough to trigger shadow context. Delete the attribute
and restart slapd.
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answered Jan 31 '13 at 1:29
Brad Mace
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Another contribution: I was defining olcMirrorMode on a separate "changetype:
modify" in the end of the .ldif file. It does not seem to be a good idea. When
I added the olcMirrorMode as part of the previous "changetype: modify" I as
doing, it ran successfully. - Richard Gomes Oct 9 '13 at 21:49
Thanks for your help Quanah
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Quanah Gibson-Mount [mailto:qua...@zimbra.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:25 PM
To: Borresen, John - 0442 - MITLL; openldap-technical@openldap.org
Subject: RE: Syncrepl and mmr
--On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:20 PM -0500 "Borresen, John - 0442 - MITLL"
<john.borre...@ll.mit.edu> wrote:
> First had this (mm-server1):
> 5304e1ff olcMirrorMode: value #0: <olcMirrorMode> database is not a
> shadow
> slapadd: could not add entry dn=olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config
> (line=2260)
For MMR Mode, MirrorMode must be set to TRUE. If it does not accept TRUE then
there is something wrong with your configuration.
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Architect - Server
Zimbra, Inc.
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