Re: (ITS#5668) Invalid entryCSN generated, and slapd will not restart

[hyc@symas.com]

emmanuel.duru@atosorigin.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Emmanuel Duru
> Version: 2.4.11
> OS: Windows
> URL:
> Submission from: (NULL) (80.78.0.137)
>
>
> On Windows, slapd generates entryCSN values such as:
> 20080822124130.-657205Z#000000#000#000000 (the problem is the minus sign).
> This is also the case when generating the cn=config branch from a slapd.conf
> file.
> Following this, slapd will not restart, because it checks the validity of
> entryCSN values on cn=config branch at startup.

> I believe that the problem comes from non initialized static variables in
> lutil_gettime() function.
> Do notice that initializations are also missing in non WIN32 section.

No. The C standard specifies that global and static variables are initialized 
to zero by default. If you're a C programmer you should know this already.

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