hi there,

i have just migrated to a new hard drive but now my ldap servr wont start at boot up or using /etc/init.d/ldap start.

when i run /etc/init.d/ldap start it will return

Starting ldap-serverstartproc: exit status of parent of /usr/lib/openldap/slapd: 1

ldap will start if i use /usr/lib/openldap/slapd

thanks

berrance

im having no look googling this problem, i just dont understand why "/usr/lib/openldap/slapd" should start ldap when "/etc/init.d/ldap start" doesnt start it.

this is a very larg problem as all user info, samba info, dns records, dhcp info, cyrus info, and sveral other bits and bobs are stored there.

berrance

Most likely there is a pid file somewhere that make init script to fail. Check under /var/run/slapd or /var/run to see if you find it and delete it. You can also try any of the following if you cannot find the pid file Regards

i can use "/etc/init.d/ldap stop/status" to check or stop the service its just i cannot start it this way, like the way it would start at boot up.

the pid file in /var/run is there but when i stop the service it does go like it is supposed to.

its a tricky one is this!

berrance

You bet it's tricky. I guess there is something wrong with the suffixes or somethng.
Anyway to debug this, open /etc/init.d/ldap (make sure you keep a backup copy just in case), locate the line that starts slapd (the one that begins with /sbin/startproc -t 1 ...) and add "-d 7" among the other slapd arguments:

ok that prints loads of output to much to post but this bit looks like something

ldap_create
ldap_extended_operation_s
ldap_extended_operation
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_new_connection
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP localhost:389
ldap_new_socket: 9
ldap_prepare_socket: 9
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying 127.0.0.1:389
ldap_connect_timeout: fd: 9 tm: 30 async: 0
ldap_ndelay_on: 9
ldap_is_sock_ready: 9
ldap_is_socket_ready: error on socket 9: errno: 111 (Connection refused)


and at the end of the output

TLS: could not use key file `/etc/ssl/servercerts/serverkey.pem'.
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line pem_lib.c:637
TLS: error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied bss_file.c:276
TLS: error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib bss_file.c:278
TLS: error:140B0002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file:system lib ssl_rsa.c:693
main: TLS init def ctx failed: -1
slapd shutdown: freeing system resources.
slapd stopped.
connections_destroy: nothing to destroy.



if i did a strait copy from 1 disk to another why should of anything have changed?

To me it looks like a permissions problem.You should preserve files/directories permissions. Also make sure that the user under which slapd runs can read those certificates.

thank you looks like it got it,

and the way i copied the from one drive to another was by using a live cd and mounting both partitions and cp -a /hd1 /hd2 didnt us dd as i was migrating to a smaller drive. i was told after i asked severel times that cp -a would preserve permissions oh well i have got there in the end

many thanks for your help


berrance

Glad to see you've done it.

Regards