I had the same exact problem on CentOS 5.2 yesterday. ns-slapd fails trying to open the status file read/write. The directory if owned by root, and it should be owned by ns-slapd's uid (nobody by default). I believe the directory is /var/run/dirsrv. nh On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:27 AM, David Carter wrote: > When I run either setup-ds.pl or setup-ds-admin.pl, I go through all > the prompts and get an error saying it's unable to start the server > and that I should check the error logs. Here's the contents of the > error log: > > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:35 -021800] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: > 4096, pages: 128743, procpages: 7693 > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - cache autosizing: import cache: > 204800k > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, > import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096 > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - WARNING: Import is running with > nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to > access the database > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: > 4096, pages: 128743, procpages: 7693 > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - cache autosizing: import cache: > 204800k > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, > import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096 > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - import userRoot: Beginning import > job... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - import userRoot: Index buffering > enabled with bucket size 100 > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - import userRoot: Processing file "/ > tmp/ldif20a8Hl.ldif" > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:36 -021800] - import userRoot: Finished scanning > file "/tmp/ldif20a8Hl.ldif" (9 entries) > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Workers finished; > cleaning up... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Workers cleaned up. > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Cleaning up producer > thread... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Indexing complete. > Post-processing... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Flushing caches... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Closing files... > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - All database threads now stopped > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:37 -021800] - import userRoot: Import complete. > Processed 9 entries in 1 seconds. (9.00 entries/sec) > [18/Sep/2008:11:46:38 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > [18/Sep/2008:11:48:06 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > [18/Sep/2008:11:52:46 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > [18/Sep/2008:11:53:31 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: > 4096, pages: 128743, procpages: 7693 > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - cache autosizing: import cache: > 204800k > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, > import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096 > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - WARNING: Import is running with > nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to > access the database > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: > 4096, pages: 128743, procpages: 7693 > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - cache autosizing: import cache: > 204800k > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:02 -021800] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, > import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096 > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:03 -021800] - import userRoot: Beginning import > job... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:03 -021800] - import userRoot: Index buffering > enabled with bucket size 100 > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:03 -021800] - import userRoot: Processing file "/ > tmp/ldif8U2ox1.ldif" > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:03 -021800] - import userRoot: Finished scanning > file "/tmp/ldif8U2ox1.ldif" (9 entries) > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Workers finished; > cleaning up... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Workers cleaned up. > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Cleaning up producer > thread... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Indexing complete. > Post-processing... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Flushing caches... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Closing files... > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - All database threads now stopped > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - import userRoot: Import complete. > Processed 9 entries in 1 seconds. (9.00 entries/sec) > [18/Sep/2008:12:06:04 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > > It seems to think we've started. Not a lot of help. So I run 'sevice > dirsrv start', which fails. The only new line in the error log is: > > [18/Sep/2008:13:20:57 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > > Again, not much help. So I changed the debug level by modifying the > startup script and adding a -d option to the ns-slapd command. When I > try to start from the command line, I get this: > > Starting dirsrv: > ldap...[18/Sep/2008:13:57:33 -021800] Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 - > debug level: accesscontrol (128) > [18/Sep/2008:13:57:33 -021800] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.2 B2008.248.1443 > starting up > Failed to open stats file (/var/run/dirsrv/slapd-ldap.stats) (error > 1). > [FAILED] > *** Warning: 1 instance(s) failed to start > > Finally, something helpful! First, why isn't this going to the error > log? Second, and most importantly, what do I do about it? > > I don't know if it's trying to read the file, write the file, do it as > root, or as nobody. I turned selinux off just to be sure that isn't > the issue, but I'd prefer to run with it on. > > It's a fresh FC9 install, with all patches applied. > > TIA, > Dave > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20080918/561b6760/attachment.html
