f9 fedora-ds -- setup-ds.pl hangs with "Server failed to start !!! Please check errors log for problems"

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 13:15 -0700, Brian Neu wrote:
> /var/log/dirsvr/slapd-hostname/errors just shows
> 
> 
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50,
> import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - WARNING: Import is running with
> nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to
> access the database
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: 4096,
> pages: 518762, procpages: 7654
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - cache autosizing: import cache: 204800k
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50,
> import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Beginning import
> job...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Index buffering
> enabled with bucket size 100
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Processing file
> "/tmp/ldifo4Cabj.ldif"
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Finished scanning file
> "/tmp/ldifo4Cabj.ldif" (9 entries)
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Workers finished;
> cleaning up...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Workers cleaned up.
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Cleaning up producer
> thread...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Indexing complete.
> Post-processing...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Flushing caches...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Closing files...
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - All database threads now stopped
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Import complete.
> Processed 9 entries in 0 seconds. (inf entries/sec)
> [01/Sep/2008:15:59:51 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.1 B2008.151.1915
> starting up
> 
> 
> 
> the log file in /tmp doesn't seem to be any help either.
> 
> I've already uninstalled, and did
>     ]# rm
> -fr /etc/dirsrv /var/lock/dirsrv /var/run/dirsrv /var/log/dirmngr
> 
> reinstalled -- same issue.
> 
> I'm really lost on this.  I was hoping to avoid OpenLDAP, but I'm
> running out of time.
> 
> 
> 
> Hot diggity!!!  Found an answer:
> 
> http://blog.adslweb.net/serendipity/article/244/Fedora-directory-server
> 
> I'm assuming I properly chown'd to nobody.nobody  -- lemme know if
> this is wrong.  It does seem to have worked.  I stress the word "seem"
> though.
----
I think fedora-ds appropriate logs are
in /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-$YOUR_SERVER_NAME/logs

fedora-ds mail list is here...

https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users

I am quite certain that you will get better help there (maybe not today
but tomorrow)

Craig