diff --git a/goodies/gen-dev-conf.sh b/goodies/gen-dev-conf.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+ROOT=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0)/../)
+
+cp $ROOT/conf/ldapcherry.ini $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+
+sed -i "s|/etc/ldapcherry/|$ROOT/conf/|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+sed -i "s|/usr/share/ldapcherry/|$ROOT/resources/|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+sed -i "s|^ldap\.|#ldap.|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+sed -i "s|#demo\.|ldap.|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+
+GROUPS='cn=nagios admins\\,ou=Group\\,dc=example\\,dc=org, cn=users\\,ou=Group\\,dc=example\\,dc=org'
+sed -i "s|ldap.admin.groups.*|ldap.admin.groups = '$GROUPS'|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+
+
+sed -i "s|^min_length.*|min_length = 3|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+sed -i "s|^min_upper.*|min_upper = 0|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini
+sed -i "s|^min_digit.*|min_digit = 0|" $ROOT/ldapcherry-dev.ini