On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:16 -0500, Phil Savoie wrote: > 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 > ---- try chown -R ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap add "loglevel 256" to slapd.conf echo "local4.* /var/log/slapd.log" > /etc/syslog.conf service syslog restart This will direct all ldap logging to /var/log/slapd.log so you can get a better idea My guess is the first line will solve it...most ldap newbies run slapadd as root and thus the data files are owned root:root and ldap will not run. Craig