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-rw-r--r--etc/backup.d/example.ldap11
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 3399011..d58e16f 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ version 0.x -- xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
+ **********************
+ NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
+ you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
+ **********************
implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
@@ -22,7 +26,8 @@ version 0.x -- xxxxxxxxxxxxx
sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
(.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
-
+ considerably improved and changed the log file output.
+
version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
rdiff handler supports local dest
diff --git a/etc/backup.d/example.ldap b/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
index c35081b..adc1fcd 100644
--- a/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
+++ b/etc/backup.d/example.ldap
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
##
## configuration file for openldap backups
##
-## The LDIFs generated are suitable for use with slapadd. As the
-## entries are in database order, not superior first order, they
-## cannot be loaded with ldapadd without being reordered.
+## If the method is set to "slapcat", the LDIFs generated are
+## suitable for use with slapadd. As the entries are in database
+## order, not superior first order, they cannot be loaded with
+## ldapadd without being reordered.
##
## backupdir (default /var/backups/ldap): the destination for the backups
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@
## compress (default yes): if set to yes, ldif exports are gzipped.
# compress = yes
-## restart (default no): if set to yes, slapd is restarted before backups are
+## restart (default no): if set to yes, slapd is stopped before backups are
## performed, and then started again after they have finished, this is necessary
-## if your backend is ldbm and your method is slapcat, but unnecessary otherwise
+## if your backend is ldbm and your method is slapcat, but unnecessary otherwise.
# restart = no
## method (default ldapsearch): either 'ldapsearch' or 'slapcat'