ubuntu (lucid)

eantoranz · 08-04-2010, 10:55 AM

Hi!

I'd like to clear the slapd DB so that I could reinstall it from scratch, however, when I remove the package and reinstall it, I still get some items in there.

How can I purge/flush/remove everything from slapd?

Instructions I follow to do the set up?
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/server...ap-server.html

Thanks in advance.

indienick · 08-04-2010, 01:17 PM

To completely remove slapd, just run the following command (this will also remove all of the configuration files):

Code:

$ sudo apt-get purge slapd

eantoranz · 08-04-2010, 01:55 PM

I tried with apt-get remove --purge before. Would it have the same results? Cause that didn't work.

aneeshk_k · 08-05-2010, 12:45 AM

Try manually removing the ldap database. The database location is "/var/lib/ldap". You may try "rm -rf /var/lib/ldap/*"

wdschei · 09-14-2011, 03:42 PM

This is my first post to this forum and I know the thread is a bit old, but I am desperately trying to find the answer to this thread.

Did anybody figure out how to completely remove slapd?

I have performed the following on an Ubuntu Server 11.04 box:

Code:

sudo apt-get --auto-remove purge -y slapd ldap-utils libnss-ldap ldapscripts unixodbc
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo rm -Rf /etc/ldap/*
sudo rm -Rf /var/lib/ldap/*
sudo rm -Rf /var/backups/*ldapdb*

then I:

Code:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install slapd ldap-utils

but I get the following when I try and do the tutorials again:

Code:

adding new entry "olcDatabase=hdb,cn=config" ldap_add: Other (e.g., implementation specific) error (80) additional info: <olcSuffix> namingContext already served by a preceding hdb database

There appears to be a tertiary copy of the database somewhere that is brought back to life even on a reinstall.

Thanks for all the help.