On 09/23/2014 10:18 AM, David Barr wrote:
Good morning!

In the current EPEL version of 389-ds, if I go through config-ds-admin.pl, option 3, these questions are included:

```
Suffix [dc=localdomain]: 
Do you want to install the sample entries? [no]: 
Type the full path and filename, the word suggest, or the word none [suggest]: 
```

If I take the defaults listed, I get my Base DN (“dc=localdomain”) and all of the suggested ou=People and ou=Groups entries.

If I give the keyword “none” to the suggested entries item, I don’t get any of the suggestions. Nor do I get my Suffix/Base DN! My expectation is that I would get my Base DN in any case, since the configuration script asks for it.

You do get a _suffix_ (with corresponding database), you just don't get the _entry_ at the base of the suffix.  It may be counterintuitive, but in LDAP there is a difference between having an available suffix to use, and having an entry in that suffix.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Configuring_Directory_Databases.html



If this is deliberate behavior, how would I craft the LDIF to create my Base DN? Specifically, how would I identify it as the Base DN to 389-ds?

It is definitely deliberate behavior.  Typically, people answering "none" to the question are either planning to create the dit out-of-band, with ldapmodify and/or ldif2db and/or the console, which allows you to create the base/root entry of a suffix.

Since you mention crafting LDIF, at the prompt, instead of none or suggest, you can specify the full (absolute) path and file name of the LDIF file you want to use to populate the suffix.  This corresponds to the InstallLdifFile directive - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Installation_Guide/Advanced_Configuration-Silent.html#Advanced_Configuration-inf-File-directives


If this is not deliberate behavior, I have a more detailed example I can submit to https://fedorahosted.org/389/newticket, or wherever.

Thanks!
David

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