Todd Lyons wanted us to know: >>>> Last night, an ldap server died with the (non-exact) error unable >>>> to write to gdbm. The id2entry.gdbm file was a byte below 2 Gigs. >>>> In subsequent testing with dd, I cannot create a file bigger than >>>> 2*1024*1024*1024 bytes. Could someone please verify that: a) I >>>> need to rebuild something like glibc. b) I do not need to rebuild >>>> openldap. >I think the 2 GB file limitation was a red herring. Part of the problem >was my own impatience. Had I been more patient, I would have seen that >I could in fact make a file bigger than 2 GB. It just took an extra 90
For mailing list archival purposes, it was in fact due to the 2 GB filelimit. gdbm cannot write past the 2 GB mark. gdbm was dying which was causing slapd to die. I have since added a blurb on the FaqOMatic at http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=756&showLastModified=show Thanks to Howard and the others for helping me understand what was happening yesterday. -- Regards... Todd They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin Linux kernel 2.6.11-6mdksmp 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
