Kevin M. Goess wrote: >Has anyone been able to install the admin server as a non-root user? With a >fresh install, not an upgrade, if I try to use a non-root user "ldapas" >instead then the admin server refues to start and leaves a cryptic error >message in the logs. Any suggestions? > >$ setup/setup >... >Can't start Admin server [/opt/fedora-ds/start-admin > /tmp/file2dDMoZ 2>&1] >(error: No such file or directory) >You can now use the console. Here is the command to use to start the console: >cd /opt/fedora-ds >./startconsole -u admin -a http://straylight.ensenda.com:16116/ > >INFO Finished with setup, logfile is setup/setup.log >[/opt/fedora-ds]$ lsl -ad . >drwxr-xr-x 15 ldapas ldapas 4096 Dec 6 13:12 ./ >[/opt/fedora-ds]$ sudo ./start-admin >[/opt/fedora-ds]$ telnet localhost 16116 >Trying 127.0.0.1... >telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused >[/opt/fedora-ds]$ tail admin-serv/logs/error >[Tue Dec 06 13:14:06 2005] [crit] host_ip_init(): PSET failure: Failed to >create PSET handle (pset error = ) >Configuration Failed > > This is a permissions problem. Did you use the same user for the directory server as for the admin server? What's in the file /tmp/file2dDMoZ? What is the output of ls -l admin-serv/config ? >[/opt/fedora-ds]$ grep ldapas /etc/passwd >ldapas:x:101:102::/opt/fedora-ds:/bin/bash > > >On a side note, is there any reason not to use the standard redhat "ldap" user >instead of "nobody" for the default suggested slapd user? > You should be able to use "ldap". >My impression was >that "nobody" should not own any files on the filesystem. > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3178 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20051206/795862f0/attachment.bin