Bug 667768

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #604092 +++

Description of problem:
The problem is in init script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/ldap)

If recovery is required for bdb backend databases (because of unclean shutdown or other reason), the script prevents automatic recovery on start.

On start (in configtest procedure) it tries to execute "slaptest". If it fails, it won't continue.
If it fails because a bdb recovery is needed, then it is not possible to start slapd from initscipts. The automatic recovery is not performed because "slaptest" implies read-only mode.

The output looks like:

"[root@daisy ldap]# service ldap start
Checking configuration files for slapd:  bdb_db_open: unclean shutdown detected; attempting recovery.
bdb_db_open: Recovery skipped in read-only mode. Run manual recovery if errors are encountered."

When slapd is then run from command line then it performs automatic recovery and works fine. It is possible then to start slapd from initscripts.

It hit me really hard - the ldap has user and group database and the nss_ldap has very long timeouts, so to be able to get the machine working after crash I had to go in single user mode and fix it by hand.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Corrupt the openldap bdb files in such fashion that recovery is required and automatic recovery will be able to handle this (it may be tricky :)
2. Try to start openldap: service ldap start
3.
  
Actual results:
The slapd doesn't start, as the initscript fails in earlier stage (at slaptest)

Expected results:
The slapd is started and performs automatic recovery. I think that the "configtest" part of this script should report errors but it shouldn't do an exit in case of failure. The script should try to start the slapd anyway.

Additional info: