Re: OpenLdap unstable on RHEL5 & Centos5 with db4

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni@hetnet.nl>]

Rohit B skrev, on 19-02-2008 08:21:

> I am running Openldap and db4
>
> [root@build ~]# slapd -V
> @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.3.27 (Mar 14 2007 17:44:50) $
>        
> mockbuild@builder4.centos.org:/builddir/build/BUILD/openldap-2.3.27/openldap-2.3.27/build-servers/servers/slapd 
>
>
> DB4 vcersion      db4-4.3.29-9
>
> We have a address book containing around 500 to 2000 addresses stored in 
> it. Every thing works fine for some days and then it crashes. I see 
> nothing in the logs. We are using a custom schema attached with this 
> email. Before we upgraded from the default openldap in centos4.4 to 
> Centos5.0 it was working perfectly, is there any compatibility issues 
> with the schema & the new package.

Indeed; this is Red Hat's version of OpenLDAP which is basically 
unstable and runs a deprecated db4 version. Believe me you are not the 
first person to experience this and you will not be the last. Moreover, 
however many backports Red Hat / CentOS will do of it in the future it 
can, by definition, never get any better.

 I'm a RHEL5 sysadmin and this is not a new matter for Red Hat sysadmins.

Install the packages at 
http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5/openldap/ and you'll be set to go.

Best,

--Tonni

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Tony Earnshaw
Email: tonni at hetnet dot nl