On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:07:19AM +0100, Prunk Dump wrote: > But now I don't know how to update my OpenLDAP database from the new > generated LDIF files (when users are added, updated or removed) > without disturbing the whole LDAP service (it's not a very good idea > to delete the entire database and recreate it from the new LDIF file > as it stop the service completely during the operation).
You could import it to a new directory, then stop the DB, move the new directory into place, and restart the DB. Irrespective of the import time, a directory rename (assuming old and new are on the same partition) is fast. > Thanks for the help. > > Regards, > > Baptiste. -- Brian Reichert <[email protected]> BSD admin/developer at large
