What to Back Up

To ensure the integrity of the directory, you should periodically back up the schema configuration files. Certainly, you should back up the schema before starting work to extend it for your own uses.

As discussed in detail in Chapter 4, "Configuring Directory Services," of the Sun Directory Services 3.1 Administration Guide, the following files are critical for directory services function:

• dsserv.conf holds the main configuration information.

• dsserv.oc.conf holds the object class definitions.

• dsserv.at.conf holds the attribute definitions.

• dsserv.acl.conf holds access control information.

Copies of these files are stored in three places in the system:

• /etc/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/current holds the current configuration files.

• /etc/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/default holds the default configuration files that were installed with the software. (These files are read-only.)

• /etc/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/previous holds the previous configuration files.

Before starting any work on the schema, back up the configuration files in /etc/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/current and those in /etc/opt/SUNWconn/ldap/previous. When you edit the files, Sun Directory Services copies the unedited files in ~/current to ~/previous. It does this only once per editing session, (until you restart dsservd). If you are making many changes to the schema, you may want to make manual backups of your changes as you work.

Backup information is presented in detail in Chapter 4, "Configuring Directory Services," of the Sun Directory Services 3.1 Administration Guide.