Re: Apparent database corruption causing bus errors

[matthew sporleder <msporleder@gmail.com>]

You left out a lot of key information like the version of openldap,
and the backend you're using.  Assuming you're using back-bdb, you
might want to try the fink-installed db_recover.

On 2/2/06, Chuck Meyer <chuck@popes.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I've been using openLDAP casually on my Mac OS 10.3 system for about 6
> months now (via fink installation).
>
> I had a power outage recently and now my LDAP crashes on search
> consistently with a bus error.
>
> I attempted to do a slapcat to extract the data and (after exporting
> several entries)  I see the following:
>
> entry_decode: "8Z"
> <= entry_decode(8Z)
> # id=0000007f
> Bus error
>
> Since there's no way "8Z" is a valid record, I'm assuming my database has
> been corrupted.  Is there any way to recover the data beyond this record
> or to repair the database?
>
> So far my searches are making me believe I'm going to have to export the
> data I can, recreate the database and re-add all missing records.  I'm
> hoping there may be an easier solution?
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Chuck Meyer
> chuck@popes.com
>