Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

2. LDAP Tool Locations

Red Hat Directory Server uses Mozilla LDAP tools — such as ldapsearch, ldapmodify, and

ldapdelete — for command-line operations. The MozLDAP tools are installed with Directory

Server.

Platform Directory Location

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 i386 /usr/lib/mozldap6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86_64 /usr/lib64/mozldap6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 i386 /usr/lib/mozldap

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86_64 /usr/lib64/mozldap

Sun Solaris /usr/lib/sparcv9/mozldap

HP-UX /opt/dirsrv/bin

For all Red Hat Directory Server guides and documentation, the LDAP tools used in the

examples, such as ldapsearch and ldapmodify, are the Mozilla LDAP tools. For most Linux

systems, OpenLDAP tools are already installed in the /usr/bin/ directory. These OpenLDAP

tools are not supported for Directory Server operations. For the best results with the Directory

Server, make sure the path to the Mozilla LDAP tools comes first in the PATH or use the full path

and file name for every LDAP operation.

However, these OpenLDAP tools can be used for Directory Server operations with certain

cautions:

• The output of the other tools may be different, so it may not look like the examples in the

documentation.

• The OpenLDAP tools require a -x argument to disable SASL so that it can be used for a

simple bind, meaning the -D and -w arguments or an anonymous bind.

• The OpenLDAP tools' arguments for using TLS/SSL and SASL are quite different than the

Mozilla LDAP arguments. See the OpenLDAP documentation for instructions on those

arguments.

3. Starting and Stopping Servers

The Directory Server is running when the setup-ds-admin.pl script completes. Avoid stopping

and starting the server to prevent interrupting replication, searches, and other server operations.

• If the Directory Server has SSL enabled, you cannot restart the server from the Console; you

must use the command-line. It is possible to restart without being prompted for a password;

see Section 4.3, “Creating a Password File for the Directory Server” for more information.

• Rebooting the host system can automatically start the ns-slapd process. The directory

Chapter 1. General Red Hat Directory Server Usage