Re: Réf. : Re: initialize openldap

["Kirk A. Turner-Rustin" <ktrustin@owu.edu>]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 emmanuelbiennier@virtualvercors.net wrote:

> Hi
> I try to do what you say ( slapd -g ldap -u ldap -d -1)

"-g ldap -u ldap" says "Run slapd with permissions of user 'ldap'
and group 'ldap'."

> daemon_init: <null>
> daemon_init: listen on ldap:///
> daemon_init: 1 listeners to open...
> ldap_url_parse_ext(ldap:///)
> daemon: initialized ldap:///
> daemon_init: 2 listeners opened
> slapd init: initiated server.
> slap_sasl_init: initialized!
> bdb_initialize: initialize BDB backend
> bdb_initialize: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (March 25, 2004)
> could not open config file "/etc/openldap/slapd.conf": Permission denied
> (13)

Make sure user and/or group 'ldap' can read /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
and whatever files it references (e.g., your schema files).

> slapd shutdown: freeing system resources.
> slapd stopped.
> connections_destroy: nothing to destroy.
>
> but I delete the ldap directory /var/lib/ldap
> so I create a new directory (as root) but I don't know what owner must I specified and rights to this
> directory
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User 'ldap' and/or group 'ldap' must be able to read and write to
this directory and all files therein.

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