Reinitializing the directory database does the trick! I'm going to do more testing on it.<br><br>Thanks a lot!<br><br>- David<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:43 PM, David Boreham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david_list@boreham.org">david_list@boreham.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 5/14/2010 11:40 AM, Chun Tat David Chu wrote:<br>
><br>
> We use 389 Directory as part of our development lab. Every time when<br>
> we do a new test, we need to repopulate our 389 directory to a clean<br>
> slate (i.e. delete all existing data and re-create a base hierarchy<br>
> tree).<br>
><br>
> Our current way of doing so is simply using the ldapdelete command to<br>
> remove all existing data and use ldapadd to re-create the base<br>
> hierarchy tree. This approach is okay but sometime it could take up<br>
> to 20 to 30 minutes to delete all existing data depending on the<br>
> amount of data saved in the directory.<br>
><br>
> Is there a more efficient way to repopulate the 389 Directory?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Yes. Import an almost empty LDIF file. You can also copy the on-disk<br>
database underneath a server (when it is shut down), if you know what<br>
you're doing.<br>
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