> > Dear all, > > I am running FC4 .. I don't understand why I am unable to start ldap? .. > > what should I do? > > What *have* you done? > > ldap doesn't have a suitable configuration by default. Before you can > start it, you'll need to define a database and access controls in your > slapd.conf file, and then you'll need to populate a database usind slapadd. > Hi.. what I did was only run /etc/rc.d/init.d/ldap start and then I got ldap failed like below: [root@samba log]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/ldap start Checking configuration files for slapd: config file testing succeeded OK ] Starting slapd: FAILED] I also checked in /var/log/messages .. and there are as follow: [root@samba log]#vi messages Mar 1 15:55:31 samba slaptest: sql_select option missing Mar 1 15:55:31 samba slaptest: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available Mar 1 15:55:31 samba slapd[2862]: sql_select option missing Mar 1 15:55:31 samba slapd[2862]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available please advise .. thanks and regards Winanjaya *********************** Our outgoing mail has been scanned by MSS. ***********************