Bug#877512: slapd: enabled systemd integration (untested patch)

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Am Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 01:03:33PM -0700 schrieb Ryan Tandy:
> Hmm. So on upgrade I suppose we would want to automatically migrate those
> settings to a drop-in? That actually sounds doable; such a drop-in would
> probably not have to be a conffile.

Indeed, so my idea was that e.g. the systemd unit would default to User=openldap
and Group=openldap and then the postinst could check if /etc/default/slapd has
SLAPD_GROUP and/or SLAPD_USER set to something other than "openlap" and in that
case a drop-in would be generated with those settings. Similar for Kerberos etc.

> > The most commonly used option is probably SLAPD_OPTIONS, which could also
> > be read via an EnvironmentFile from /etc/default.
> 
> Right. Although if that's the only thing still being consumed, I'd be
> tempted to just let it go too. :)

Actually, that's a fair point, then there would be a clean cut so that it's
obvious that /etc/default/slapd is only relevant for folks not using systemd.
Again, SLAPD_OPTIONS could easily also be a drop-in after all.

> Thanks for the input, it really does help. :)

Glad to help!

Cheers,
        Moritz