Re: bdb_index_read: failed (-30989)

["matthew sporleder" <msporleder@gmail.com>]

On 6/18/07, JOYDEEP <j.bakshi@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> matthew sporleder wrote:
> > On 6/17/07, JOYDEEP <j.bakshi@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> >> Dear list,
> >>
> >> what does this error mean ?
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------
> >> bdb_index_read: failed (-30989)
> >> -----------------------------------------
> >>
> >> and how can I fix it ?
> >>
> >> here is the index portion of my slapd.conf
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> # Indices to maintain
> >> index   objectClass     eq
> >> index   accountActive,virtualDomain  eq
> >> index   mail     eq
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > It looks like your index might be corrupt.  When you search for
> > something that isn't indexed but you get a message more like this:
> > <= bdb_equality_candidates: (myAttrib) index_param failed (18).
> >
> > Whereas your message (bdb_index_read: failed (-30989)) seems to be
> > more related to sleepycat not being able to read the index, not a
> > specific attribute.  :)
> >
> >
> > Check the actual index files to make sure they're correct permissions,
> > etc, and then try a db_recover.  (although you may need to go to more
> > extreme means like slapcat/slapadd or rm/slapindex).
> >
> >
> Thanks a lot. I'll follow ur guide. thanks once more.

While my answer was based on my own logs and some older posts to this
mailing list, it appears that Howard Chu has more definitive ideas (as
per usual) if you can post your versions of bdb and openldap.