Re: slurpd setup

[Andreas <andreas@conectiva.com.br>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 12:20:11PM -0400, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> I have a master server with the following config:
> 
> replica uri=ldap://10.0.1.5:389
>         binddn="cn=Manager,dc=cougarnet,dc=bible,dc=edu"
>         bindmethod=simple credentials=****
> replogfile /var/lib/openldap-data/replication.slurpd
> 
> and a client server with this config:
> 
> updatedn "cn=Manager,dc=cougarnet,dc=bible,dc=edu"
>         bindmethod=simple credentials=****
> updateref uri=ldap://10.0.1.5:389
> 
> Changes in Master are not showing up in the client. I've changed
> passwords and Added users to the Master. The client doesn't reflect the
> change. Also /var/lib/openldap-data/replication.slurpd on both do not
> contain anything and the files has rw persmission for owner. The
> owner:group is ldap:ldap like the rest of the files in the directory.
> 
> What else needs to be checked?

slurpd uses a temporary directory to perform a snapshot of the replication
log (-t parameter). If not specified, it assumes some default. Better check
if that directory exists. And, while you are at it, check that slurpd is
indeed running.