On January 2, 2006 19:57, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 19:48 -0500, Phil Savoie wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I am trying to get ldap to start and am having trouble. I am finding > > error messages in the /var/log/messages file such as: > > > > Jan 2 16:31:41 server1 ldap: slapd shutdown failed > > Jan 2 16:31:41 server1 slaptest: sql_select option missing > > Jan 2 16:31:41 server1 slaptest: auxpropfunc error no mechanism > > available Jan 2 16:31:42 server1 ldap: succeeded > > Jan 2 16:31:42 server1 slapd[3494]: sql_select option missing > > Jan 2 16:31:42 server1 slapd[3494]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism > > available > > Jan 2 16:31:42 server1 ldap: slapd startup succeeded > > > > Not sure what to make of it and am hoping someone could point me in the > > right direction, please. > > ---- > I wouldn't know if those errors are from you sasl configuration or if > you are trying to use back-sql but from the quoted stuff, ldap started. > > You might want to post... > > - what isn't working (i.e. what you are trying to do that failed) > - your slapd.conf > - what you are using as reference > > Craig Hi Craig, Thank you for responding. Although the messages file *said* it started it didn't start at all. When I do a "service ldap restart" it always fails on the shutdown: [root@server1 ldap]# service ldap restart Stopping slapd: [FAILED] Checking configuration files for slapd: config file testing succeeded Starting slapd: [ OK ] [root@server1 ldap]# My slapd.conf follows: [root@server1 ldap]# cd /etc/openldap/ [root@server1 openldap]# cat slapd.conf # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema # Allow LDAPv2 client connections. This is NOT the default. allow bind_v2 # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral ldap://root.openldap.org pidfile /var/run/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/slapd.args # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath /usr/sbin/openldap # moduleload back_bdb.la # moduleload back_ldap.la # moduleload back_ldbm.la # moduleload back_passwd.la # moduleload back_shell.la # The next three lines allow use of TLS for encrypting connections using a # dummy test certificate which you can generate by changing to # /usr/share/ssl/certs, running "make slapd.pem", and fixing permissions on # slapd.pem so that the ldap user or group can read it. Your client software # may balk at self-signed certificates, however. # TLSCACertificateFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt # TLSCertificateFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/slapd.pem # TLSCertificateKeyFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/slapd.pem TLSCertificateFile /etc/openldap/server.crt TLSCertificateKeyFile /etc/openldap/server.key TLSCipherSuite HIGH security ssf=128 # Sample security restrictions # Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking) # Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates # Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind # security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64 # Sample access control policy: # Root DSE: allow anyone to read it # Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it # Other DSEs: # Allow self write access # Allow authenticated users read access # Allow anonymous users to authenticate # Directives needed to implement policy: # access to dn.base="" by * read # access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read # access to * # by self write # by users read # by anonymous auth # # if no access controls are present, the default policy # allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts # updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read") # # rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING! access to dn.base="" by * read access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read access to attr=userPassword,userPKCS12 by self write by * auth access to attr=shadowLastChange by self write by * read access to dn.regex="uid=(.*),ou=.*,dc=com" attr=sn,givenName,homePhone,homePostalAddress,mobile by self write by users read access to dn.regex="uid=.*,dc=com" attr=mail by users read by * none access to * by * read ####################################################################### # ldbm and/or bdb database definitions ####################################################################### database bdb suffix "dc=example,dc=com" rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should # be avoided. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. # Use of strong authentication encouraged. # rootpw secret # rootpw {crypt}ijFYNcSNctBYg rootpw secret-ldap-pass # The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND # should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools. # Mode 700 recommended. directory /var/lib/ldap # Indices to maintain for this database index objectClass eq,pres index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,pres,sub index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres index uid,memberUid eq,pres,sub index nisMapName,nisMapEntry eq,pres,sub # Replicas of this database #replogfile /var/lib/ldap/openldap-master-replog #replica host=ldap-1.example.com:389 starttls=critical #bindmethod=sasl saslmech=GSSAPI #authcId=host/ldap-master.example.com@xxxxxxxxxxx [root@server1 openldap]# Hope this sheds more light on it for you. Phil