Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 207821
running slapd_db_recover before starting slapd
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:44 EST
Description of problem: slapd_db_recover must be run when slapd was not shut down properly Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openldap-servers-2.3.19-4 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. power off your server without shutdown 2. power on 3. see /etc/init.d/ldap start Actual results: manual recovery is needed, ldap server is unwilling to perform otherwise Expected results: automatic recovery should be done by the init script Additional info:
Created attachment 137007 [details] Patch for init script to run slapd_db_recover
I don't think that patch will do the job. At least it didn't for me. With openldap-2.3.19-4, on line 133 in /etc/init.d/ldap, "exit 1" is executed if the configtest fails, which it will if the DB is corrupt. I think this patch needs to be placed or called in replacement of "exit 1". Perhaps then have a second check run to see if the DB has actually been successfully recovered before attempting to proceed with the startup.
Created attachment 138376 [details] Patch for /etc/init.d/ldap This seems to work well for me. I apologize if the coding and/or my logic is crap.
openldap-servers-2.3.30-2.fc6 has improved startup checks and recovery. db_recover should be part of slapd initialization now.