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Topic: openldap backup script error: database does not allow slapcat

==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): 1.3.2
- Deployed with iRedMail Easy or the downloadable installer? download
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: openbsd 6.8
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): LDAP
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): nginx
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? no
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
====

output from  /var/vmail/backup/backup_openldap.sh
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5ffc1391 The first database does not allow slapcat; using the first available one (2)
5ffc1391 mdb_db_open: database "dc=XXXX,dc=com" cannot be opened: Operation not permitted (1). Restore from backup!
5ffc1391 backend_startup_one (type=mdb, suffix="dc=XXXX,dc=com"): bi_db_open failed! (1) slap_startup failed

This seems to have been the case since installation.
Thank you

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: openldap backup script error: database does not allow slapcat

The "first database" is "monitor", it's an internal OpenLDAP database and you can not dump it with slapcat.
It's safe to ignore this warning message.