You may also want to check some directory and file permissions for /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/adm.conf M. On 12/23/2009 08:21 AM, Fairchild, Anthony wrote: > > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I have come across some > information which might narrow down the search. > > From the Directory Server Console GUI, if I open up (by double-clicking): > > Server Group > > 389 Administration Server > > admin-serv-us1lxas111(this is the hostname) > > configuration > > make no changes, and just click on the OK button at the bottom, I get > an error message that says "Unknown error with naming attribute" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com > [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of > *Fairchild, Anthony > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:43 AM > *To:* fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > *Subject:* [389-users] Cannot start Admin server - host_ip_init(): > > Hello, > > I have installed 389 Directory Server (v 1.2.2) and Admin Server > (v1.1.8) on RHEL 5.4, and in the process of getting SSL/TLS configured > I have somehow gotten the administration server into a state where it > will not start. When I run the init script it fails, and the > /var/log/dirsrv/admin-serv/error file has the following entry: > > [Wed Dec 23 10:15:32 2009] [crit] host_ip_init(): PSET failure: Could > not retrieve access hosts attribute (past error = ) Configuration failed > > Googling the problem led me to > http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:AdminServerLDAPMgmt -- > which contains directions for modifying the nsAdminAccessAddresses and > nsAdminAccessHosts entries, which I did. The entries are currently as > follows: > > nsAdminAccessAddresses: * > > nsAdminAccessHosts: > > Which from my reading of the documentation suggests that access is > unrestricted, but starting the server still fails. Does anybody out > there have a suggestion as to what it is I have broken? > > -- > > Anthony > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-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/20091223/a6409f42/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 6650 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20091223/a6409f42/attachment.bin