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Utils

cn=config

Historically OpenLDAP has been statically configured, that is, to make a change to the configuration the slapd.conf file was modified and slapd stopped and started. In the case of larger users this could take a considerable period of time and had become increasingly unacceptable as an operational method.

Typically in your OpenLDAP installation you have at least two trees:

  • One is the DIT (“data information tree”) where you enter your nodes
    • access by “cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org”
    • default password “admin”
  • One is cn=config, where the configuration information is put (which can be manipulated with just the same LDAP commands, as itself is setup as a DIT!).
    • access by “cn=admin,cn=config”
    • default password “config”