Howto change the search base of an Open Directory server

Howto change the search base of an Open Directory server

I goofed up on my initial install of Panther. At some point during the upgrade from 10.2 to 10.3 server, the installer asked me what I wanted my search base to be. The installer offered ‘dc=local’ as a default. I absentmindedly accepted this.

I started getting irritated by this mistake when I started trying to integrate some other services with the ldap info on my 10.3 server. (WebCal and RT, to be specific.)

Here’s how to fix things:

1 – In Workgroup Manager, open your ldap directory in the Inspector panel

2 – Under Config->macosxodconfig, edit the comment dsAttr. Replace all references to ‘dc=wrong_info’ with ‘dc=my_domain,dc=com’

3 – Kill slapd

4 – ‘slapcat > /tmp/foobar’

5 – edit /tmp/foobar and replace all references to ‘dc=wrong_info’ with ‘dc=my_domain,dc=com’

6 – ‘mv /var/db/openldap/openldap-data /var/db/openldap/openldap-data.bak’

7 – ‘slapadd < /tmp/foobar’

8 – ‘cp /etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf /etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf.bak’

9 – edit /etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf and replace all references to ‘dc=wrong_info’ with ‘dc=my_domain,dc=com’

10 – ‘SystemStarter start LDAP’

11 – ‘kill -HUP’ your lookupd

12 – open Directory Access.app and change the search path of your LDAP server

That’s it!

If I’ve been unclear, I apologize. I hope that this helps someone.