Thanks for the reply, Rich: On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Rich Megginson wrote: >> [root at falls ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv start >> Starting dirsrv: >> falls... [FAILED] >> *** Warning: 1 instance(s) failed to start >> >> If I manually chmod & chown the /var/run/dirsrv directory, it will >> start: >> >> [root at falls ~]# chmod 770 /var/run/dirsrv && chown nobody:nobody / >> var/run/dirsrv >> [root at falls ~]# /etc/init.d/dirsrv start >> Starting dirsrv: >> falls... [ OK ] >> >> However, because the setup-ds-admin.pl process never completed, the >> admin server hasn't been configured (and I don't want to have to do >> that by hand). Note that I am using nobody:nobody in the FDS >> installer when asked who I want to run the services as. >> >> When I manually ( chmod 770 /var/run/dirsrv && chown nobody:nobody / >> var/run/dirsrv ) *before* I run setup-ds-admin.pl I get this error: >> >> [08/11/14:09:00:33] - [Setup] Info Are you ready to set up your >> servers? >> [08/11/14:09:00:34] - [Setup] Info yes >> [08/11/14:09:00:34] - [Setup] Info Creating directory server . . . >> [08/11/14:09:00:36] - [Setup] Info Your new DS instance 'ldap' was >> successfully created. >> [08/11/14:09:00:36] - [Setup] Info Creating the configuration >> directory server . . . >> [08/11/14:09:00:36] - [Setup] Fatal The suffix 'o=NetscapeRoot' >> already exists. Config entry DN 'cn="o=NetscapeRoot",cn=mapping >> tree,cn=config'. >> >> [08/11/14:09:00:36] - [Setup] Fatal Failed to create the >> configuration directory server >> [08/11/14:09:00:36] - [Setup] Fatal Exiting . . . >> >> Any thoughts? This is getting pretty frustrating :-\ > Yes. The first problem caused the second. The first problem is the > permissions on /var/run/dirsrv, which allowed you to get past "the > point of no return" with setup. That is, your system is already > configured to the point that subsequent runs of setup think it has > been set up correctly. > > Try running ds_removal first - you may have to use the -f argument > to force removal. Ok, that's done. > Then, try this: > service dirsrv stop # may error if not running - that is ok > service dirsrv-admin stop # may error if not running - that is ok Done. > find /etc/dirsrv /usr/lib/dirsrv /usr/lib64/dirsrv /var -name slapd-\* [root at falls sbin]# find /etc/dirsrv /usr/lib/dirsrv /usr/lib64/dirsrv / var -name slapd-\* /etc/dirsrv/config/slapd-collations.conf /etc/dirsrv/slapd-falls.removed find: /usr/lib64: No such file or directory This is i386, so that looks fine. > If that list looks ok, do > rm -rf `find /etc/dirsrv /usr/lib/dirsrv /usr/lib64/dirsrv /var - > name slapd-\*` Done... > Finally, rm everything in /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv EXCEPT admserv.conf > httpd.conf console.conf nss.conf - do not remove these files or the > directory Those were the only files in there, so no problem. > Then you should have a clean system to start over with Okay, so I can start again with the setup-ds-admin.pl script? And, I don't mean to be rude, but has the root cause of the problem been identified? :P I can easily replicate it... Chris
