Community docs for OpenLDAPServer remove the rootdn from tree

[Geert JM Vanderkelen]

The following Wiki page (immutable):
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer

has a step saying to remove the existing tree/data using:
  sudo rm -rf /var/lib/ldap/*

However, this is no good as you also removing the rootdn cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com. This makes it impossible to later start the slapd following the steps on that wiki (using feisty).

Two suggestions to fix this:
- put the cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com into the intial LDIF

dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
objectClass: organizationalRole
cn: admin
description: LDAP administrator

- or, IMHO better, to not remove the initial tree at all but instead propose to run dpkg-reconfigure slapd. That makes it a bit more timeless as there are various steps in this procedure that might change. It's also more 'standard' so to say.. Then use ldap -xLLL to add the initial LDIF but with the -c (don't stop on errors).

Hope this helps.

[Geert JM Vanderkelen (geertjmvdk)]

Odd, clicking a bit in the Wiki, and now I can edit it.
I'll try to fix it myself :)

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