Replication method changed in openldap. After struggling a little , i managed to set up replication between two ldap server in master slave way.

This is how i achieved ldap replication in RHEL 5.2 with slapd version 2.3 43

===Provider ldap server =====

database bdb

suffix "dc=abc,dc=del"

rootdn "uid=root,ou=People,dc=abc,dc=del"

rootpw {SSHA}ifvOmrnBD6xEbsgTbY7n/EikFnKTbbhm

directory /var/lib/ldap/abc.del

index objectClass,entryCSN,entryUUID eq

index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres

#replication

overlay syncprov

syncprov-checkpoint 1 5

syncprov-sessionlog 100

#monitoring ldap

database monitor

access to *

by dn.exact="uid=root,ou=People,dc=abc,dc=del" read

===Consumer LDAP Server =====

database bdb

suffix "dc=abp,dc=del"

directory /var/lib/ldap/abc.del

rootdn uid=root,ou=People,dc=abc,dc=del

syncrepl rid=000

provider=ldap://10.11.0.105

type=refreshOnly

interval=00:00:20:00

retry="60 +"

searchbase="dc=abc,dc=del"

attrs="*,+"

bindmethod=simple

binddn="uid=root,ou=People,dc=abc,dc=del"

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