Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

directory unavailable for updates. However, with multi-master replication, this might not be a

problem.

• Section 2.2.1.1, “Making a Database Read-Only Using the Console”

• Section 2.2.1.2, “Making a Database Read-Only from the Command Line”

• Section 2.2.1.3, “Placing the Entire Directory Server in Read-Only Mode”

2.2.1.1. Making a Database Read-Only Using the Console

To place a database in read-only mode from the Directory Server Console, do the following:

1. In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.

2. Expand Data in the left pane. Expand the suffix containing the database to put in read-only

mode.

3. Select the database to put into read-only mode.

4. Select the Database Settings tab in the right pane.

5. Select the database is read-only checkbox.

6. Click Save.

The change takes effect immediately.

Before importing or restoring the database, ensure that the databases affected by the operation

are not in read-only mode.

To disable read-only mode, open the database up in the Directory Server Console again and

uncheck the database is read-only checkbox.

2.2.1.2. Making a Database Read-Only from the Command Line

To manually place a database into read-only mode, do the following:

1. Run ldapmodify.

ldapmodify -p 389 -D "cn=directory manager" -w secret -h us.example.com

2. Change the read-only attribute to on

dn: cn=database_name,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config

changetype: modify

replace: nsslapd-readonly

Chapter 3. Configuring Directory Databases