thank you! there was a process: openldap 1797 0.0 0.3 23752 4004 ? Ssl 11:48 0:00 /usr/sbin/slapd -h ldap:/// ldapi:/// -g openldap -u openldap -f /etc/ldap/slapd.conf after kill it i restarted without problems. i increased the loglevel to "4" and tried another time to test the server: ldapsearch -x -W -D 'cn=Administrator,dc=amahoro,dc=bi' -b "" -s base with the next answer: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49) and then restarting server is failed. checking on syslog: Feb 22 12:06:40 debservbis slapd[1890]: connection_get(13) Feb 22 12:06:40 debservbis slapd[1890]: ==> hdb_bind: dn: cn=Administrator,dc=amahoro,dc=bi Feb 22 12:06:40 debservbis slapd[1890]: send_ldap_result: err=49 matched="" text="" Feb 22 12:06:40 debservbis slapd[1890]: connection_get(13) killed another time the openldap process. restarting is ok. trying to change the password with ldappasswd the answer is ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49) additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database on syslog: Feb 22 12:12:42 debservbis slapd[1958]: @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.23 (Jun 16 2011 02:53:39) $#012#011buildd@murphy:/build/buildd-openldap_2.4.23-7.2-i386-Y1mwvF/openldap-2.4.23/debian/build/servers/slapd Feb 22 12:12:42 debservbis slapd[1958]: daemon: bind(8) failed errno=98 (Address already in use) Feb 22 12:12:42 debservbis slapd[1958]: daemon: bind(8) failed errno=98 (Address already in use) Feb 22 12:12:42 debservbis slapd[1958]: slapd stopped. Feb 22 12:12:42 debservbis slapd[1958]: connections_destroy: nothing to destroy. and restarting failed. mmmmmmmmmmmm! |