On Thursday, 6 August 2009 16:57:25 Pierre Laporte wrote: > Hello, > > I am setting up several openldap servers, and would like them to be > synchronized, multi-master style. > > Configuration : > Version: 2.4.16 packaged by Symas > OS: RedHat 5.3 > > I have tried following the Admin guide but for some reason, I just can't > include the syncprov module.
How were you trying to "include the syncprov module" ? With 'moduleload syncprov.la' ? Was the modulepath set correctly? Can you provide some debug output from slapd showing what it tried? > When I add the line "overlay syncprov" in my > slapd.conf file, slapd fails to start and i get this error message : > Aug 6 17:29:21 localhost slapd[25880]: overlay "syncprov" not found So, this means that the syncprov overlay was not found, it is most likely provided as a module. Not knowing exactly how Symas packages their binaries, I would run '"find /opt/symas -name 'syncprov*'" to try and find a module, or "objdump -T `find /opt/symas -name 'slapd'`|grep syncprov" to determine if syncprov is built in. > I found some information about this bug at > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466937 , but i'm not sure > whether it applies for symas'package : > "syncprov is compiled statically into slapd daemon to keep backward > compatibility" No, the Red Hat people just made some bad decisions previously ... > I tried to skip this part, but as expected, replication doesn't work. I > keep getting this message in logs. > Aug 6 17:33:10 localhost slapd[25901]: slap_global_control: unrecognized > control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.9.1.1 > According to a thread in this mailing list, this error appears when > syncprov is not loaded in slapd.conf ( > http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200605/msg00277.html) > > So here I am, stuck. I can't find syncprov.la in my module folder > (/opt/symas/lib64/openldap), and I can't find any way to solve this > problem. > > Did I miss something ? How can i get this to work ? There are other options for packages for Red Hat, such as: http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5/openldap/ (see http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/OpenLDAP.repo) Which ships syncprov as a module ... see the comments in the default slapd.conf. Of course, as the Symas people usually say about Red Hat, contact the provider of your binaries for support :-p. I can't imagine that Symas would ship without syncprov, so you may want to consult any documentation they have provided if you haven't yet come right. Regards, Buchan
