Package: slapd
Version: 2.2.23-8
Severity: important
Tags: patch
/usr/share/doc/slapd/README.Debian documents how to run slapd as non
root user, but some information is missing. It fails to document one has
to chmod/chown /var/run/slapd to allow the non root user write
permissions. If it is not done, invoke-rc.d slapd stop/restart fails
because the PID of the running process cannot be read.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.3.pc.server.adml
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages slapd depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii libiodbc2 3.52.2-3 iODBC Driver Manager
ii libldap-2.2-7 2.2.23-8 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libltdl3 1.5.6-6 A system independent dlopen wrappe
ii libperl5.8 5.8.4-8sarge4 Shared Perl library
ii libsasl2 2.1.19-1.5sarge1 Authentication abstraction library
ii libslp1 1.0.11a-2 OpenSLP libraries
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3sarge1 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii perl [libmime-base64- 5.8.4-8sarge4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
-- debconf information excluded
--- /usr/share/doc/slapd/README.Debian 2005-05-29 18:38:43.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/README.Debian 2006-09-25 12:08:44.016895750 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
- tell linux slapd can access configuration files -- usually:
chgrp ldap /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
chmod 0640 /etc/ldap/slapd.conf
+ - tell linux slapd can access /var/run/slapd and writes his pid file
+ chgrp ldap /var/run/slapd
+ chmod 0770 /var/run/slapd
+ - edit /etc/init.d/slapd and run the db_recover command as the non root
+ user
- start slapd -- /etc/init.d/slapd start
Once you have done so, if you are using a bdb o hdb backend,
