Mike Mueller wrote: > Hi all. > > I am looking to run the slapd process in the foreground on a Unix > system, so I can be notified immediately if it dies... > > Looking at the usage of the "start-slapd" command: > usage: ns-slapd -D instancedir [-d debuglevel] [-i pidlogfile] [-v] [-V] > > There's no real guidance as to how the -d option works (i.e. what levels > it supports), but experimentally, we've determined that -d 0 will run > the process and not fork/exit into the background. Is this behavior > known, and should we count on it? Is there a better way to get the > slapd to stay in the foreground? Finally, what debug levels are > available, and what do they mean? > > Thanks! > See this howto I wrote for details about running in the foreground: http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:Daemontools And with daemontools, it will be restarted immediately if it dies. Mike -- http://www.netauth.com - LDAP Directory Consulting
