Creating a database

Creating the database is a two-step process:

1. Create a file (for example, myldif) containing the entries you want your database to contain. Use the following example as a guide (or see ``LDAP database management tools'' for more details):

   dn: o=organization, c=US
   o: organization
   objectclass: organization
   
   dn: cn=name, o=organization, c=US
   cn: name
   sn: surname
   mail: email address
   objectclass: person
   

   You can include additional entries and attributes in this file if you want, or add them later via LDAP.

2. Run this file through a tool to create the slapd database:
   
   /usr/bin/ldif2ldbm -f myslapd.conf -i myldif

   myslapd.conf is the configuration file you made and myldif is the database entries file. By default, the database files will be created in /usr/tmp. You may specify an alternate directory via the directory option in the slapd.conf(4ldap) file.