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Re: Can't search database

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From: Tenacious
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:00
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Ron Jarrell <jarrell@babylon5.cc.vt.edu> wrote in message
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> Tenacious <tmind@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Hi
>
> > I download the ldap-3.3 port from FreeBSD.org. I do a make and make
install and everthing go well. Edit the slapd.conf and create a
databasefile. Do a "./ldif2ldbm -i databasefile" and "./slapd". Now when I
run "./ldapsearch -h 127.0.0.1 'objectclass=*'" give me nothing and the CUP
keeping very high. However, if I use ldbmtest, I can find all my database.
What I did wrong or I need to do something else? On my server, I turn some
program off in inetd.conf such as finger.  Is it alright?
>

Thank you. I finally get it to work.

>
> Is objectclass indexed for wildcards?

It is interested.  Could you tell me how you can do this?


>If not, you're essentially
> doing a linear search of the database, hunting for objectclass records.
>
> Indexing is an underrated, and important, ldap black art.  Making
> a bad guess about user lookup habits can lead to abysmal lookup
> performance.  Even then weird hashing problams can bite you in the
> butt.
>
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Date: 1999/06/16
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