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Re: Goofy RedHat Problem
Java Rockx <javarockx@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi all.
>
> I'm hoping someone has seen something like this and
> can give me a pointer or two on resolving this
> problem.
>
> I have a functioning (I think) OpenLDAP server version
> 2.0.23 on a RedHat 9 server.
>
> The data for the LDAP directory needs to be imported
> from an LDIF file. I have successfully done the LDIF
> import with slapadd. NOTE: slapd.conf is configured
> the same as the server that originally did the LDIF
> export.
>
> Then I start the LDAP service via the init.d script
> and all is well until I attempt to do an ldapsearch.
> Here nothing is returned. It's like the slapadd didn't
> work.
>
> So I decided to start slapd from the command line via:
>
> [root]#/usr/sbin/slapd -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
>
> Once I did this the ldapsearch returned all the data
> that I expected.
>
> So to recap ldapsearch only works when the ldap server
> is started manually at the command line. The unaltered
> init.d script that was installed with the RPM starts
> the service but ldapsearch fails to retrieve any data.
>
> I've lost some hair over this one. Any help is
> appreciated.
You probabely loaded the ldif file as root, but the slapd process is
owned by an other user, look at your init script, who is running
slapd, than change permissions.
-Dieter
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