On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:08 , Michael Gasch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
> >> maybe I am missing something here - but why does your master ldap fail so often? >it doesn't - i'm just building the worst case szenario =) > >>I agree with the other poster, the slave LDAPS should be >> (and I would almost move to _need_ to be) read only .. >and now tell me please how the master can replicate his LDAP tree to the >slave to get a 1:1 copy and a backup of my LDAP tree, if it's readonly >?!?!?! becuase you configure your slave to accept changes that are pushed from the master . > >>I am also curious as to why you have a samba server contacting either the PDC/BDC >> ldap servers when it could just be running a replicated LDAP DB itself...which is >> how all the docs say to do it - maybe this is something new with >> 3.xx - not sure, but it alwyas seemed more logical to have all your samba boxes be >> thier own DC in terms of login/user information >if each smbd has it's own ldap instance running (DMs too), i have to >ensure, that all LDAP instances have the same information this is the main point of ldap replication - they do all have the same info - and why you make the slaves readonly >before i can't solve the replication problem (MASTER=dead, changes are >made to SLAVE, MASTER comes back => inconsistency in LDAP trees) in case >of the MASTER dies and information has to be written to one of the >SLAVEs, i won't give each smbd his own passdb backend > >it's my plan to have one PDC, one BDC, x DMs and one LDAP instance on >both DCs > >> If your master does fail - and I mean dead, need to rebuild, etc..I would make one >> of the slaves the write/master get the original MASTER >> back on line, but not in production until you can do a slapcat of the LDAP to it, >> change the everything back to what it needs to be, and have >> your system running again.... >this is my temporary solution > > >bye ------------------------------------------- Chris McKeever If you want to reply directly to me, please use cgmckeever--at--prupref.com <A href="http://www.prupref.com";>Prudential</A><A href="http://www.prupref.com";>Chicago Real Estate</A> > ---- Prudential Preferred Properties www.prupref.com Success�Driven�By�Results ���Results�Driven�By�Commitment ������Commitment�Driven�By�Integrity ���������We�Are�Prudential�Preferred�Properties ��������������� -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
