Document URL: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_directory_server/12/html-single/importing_and_exporting_data/index#exporting-data-using-the-command-line-while-the-server-is-running_exporting-data-from-directory-server

Section Number and Name: 2.1. Exporting data using the command line while the server is running

Describe the issue: Claims that resulting LDIF file will be written to /var/lib/slapd-[name]/export/ directory. No errors produced anywhere despite that /export/ directory not existing. When directory created, and ownership assigned to dirsrv with appropriate permissions, no file appears. Giving it a -l flag produces no file, no matter what argument I give to -l.

Suggestions for improvement: Document what dsconf actually does. Or write dsconf such that it behaves according to the documentation. All I want is an LDIF file to show up when and where I tell it to show up.

Additional information: I have attached the output of an strace I ran against dsconf:

1. strace -f dsconf -D "cn=Directory Manager" ldap://ldap.eecs.tufts.edu backend export userRoot >& /tmp/baz

The attachment is the resulting file, minus the cleartext password. The string '/var/lib' does not appear anywhere. The only instance of 'slapd' is in the data being read.

In desperation I tried

1. find / -name *.ldif -ls

and turned up no files. Is dsconf just an expensive no-op?