I agree with the other comments. Whenever I've seen this problem (i.e., you can connect, but then things just seem to hang), it's always been a problem with the backend. I'll bet if you run slapd in the foreground with debug output you'll see it just hang whenever it tries to do a search.
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Josh M. Hurd wrote: > I have been fighting with this issue for a couple months now and I > really need a solution. > > I have 2 openldap servers recently upgraded to 2.3.38 with a brand new > rebuilt bdb from an LDIF dump. > The 2 servers sit behind a load balancer (read-only) and provide basic > authentication for about 300 linux servers. > There's not much traffic on them but those who need access need access. > > The problem is they stop returning data, slapd is still running > otherwise seems ok. > You can still bind to them using rootdn with no issues. > I found an old thread describing a similar problem that suggested an > upgrade which I did. > I was using 2.2.13 now upgraded to 2.3.38 > > My level of knowledge of OpenLDAP is probably just above novice so I > don't have a good base for trouble shooting. > > This is causing HUGE disruption and needs to be fixed immediately so any > and all help is much appreciated. > > I turned on debug logging (-s 1) this morning so should have a bit of > data to share with you if need be. > > Thanks, > Josh
