On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 10:35:40AM +0000, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Actually when trying to "fix" my configuration, I completely messed it up 8-(
> Probably because I could not really understand the relationship and/or
> meaning of some configuration attributes:
>
> In an MMR configuration I thought I don't need olcUpdateRef (server
> sends updates to another one) because the syncrepl configuration would
> propagate any changes. Likewise I'm unsure about olcMirrorMode
> (olcMultiProvider): Is it needed for MMR?
>
> The odd thing is that I have a database configure similar to cn=config
> (using MDB), and I can apply a change to config that is accepted, but
> I cannot apply the corresponding change to {1}mdb. The configuration
> has no updateref,syncrepl, or multiprovider attributes set.
>
> The change tries to add {5}mdb to be used as accesslog, and the server
> complains:
> adding new entry "olcDatabase={5}mdb,cn=config"
> ldap_add: Server is unwilling to perform (53)
> additional info: shadow context; no update referral
>
> The failed change looks like this:
> ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// <<LDIF || exit
> dn: olcDatabase={5}mdb,cn=config
> changetype: add
> ...
> LDIF
>
> I don't understand.
Hi Ulrich,
I assume you've figured this out by now, but olcMultiProvider is a
per-database setting, so you'll need to make olcdatabase={0}config if
it's a provider (accepts new write operations) for this DB in an MMR
setting.
Regards,
--
Ondřej Kuzník
Senior Software Engineer
Symas Corporation http://www.symas.com
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