Administrating Fedora directory Server through commands

[hariharan at lantana.tenet.res.in (Hariharan R)]

Hai,

  I am using Fedora Directory Server 7.1 on CentOS 4.3 (SMP kernal).

  Now i want to administer FDS from the command line.so i am using
  ldapadd,ldapmodify,ldapdelete ... commands.

  I have no problem in adding an organizational unit or user to the
  directory.

  I am getting problem while try to add a new root suffix to the FDS from
  the command line.

  This is the process i am following to add a new root suffix

  1) The ldif file (root.ldif) contains the following attributes
     corresponds to the root entry

         dn: cn="dc=newroot,dc=com",cn=mapping tree,cn=config
         objectclass: dcobject
         objectclass: top
         objectClass: domain
         objectclass: extensibleObject
         objectclass: nsMappingTree
         nsslapd-state: backend
         nsslapd-backend: newdb
         cn: dc=newroot,dc=com
         dc: newroot

  2) Then i am using ldap add command to add the root suffix which is
     defined in the ldif file(root.ldif)

         ldapadd -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w testingdir -f root.ldif

     This command is get executed perfectly.Then i opened the FDS console.
     Perhaps there is no error in the log file too.

  3) Click Directory server > configuration

     I have the entry for "newroot" and "newdb" is the database assigned to
     the database.

  4) Then If i open the Directory server > directory window i am not having
     a directory entry for the newly created root suffix.

     I don't have any problem if i create the root suffix from the GUI mode.


  What could be the problem?

  Can anyone pls help me to get rid of the problem?

  Is there is any documentation available for administrating the Fedora
  Directory server from the command line with trouble shooting
  methods.(Now i am using Fedors DS administration guide.)

  Thanks in advance.

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Regards,
Hariharan.R