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ghenry@OpenLDAP.org wrote:

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Full_Name: Gavin Henry Version: 19/07/07 HEAD OS: URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (212.159.59.85) Submitted by: ghenry

Dear All,

Is slapd not started and giving below expected?

================ monitor_back_register_entry_parent(""): base="cn=databases,cn=monitor" scope=subordinate filter="(&(monitoredInfo=ldap)(!(monitorOverlay=ldap))(namingContexts:distinguishedNameMatch:=dc=suretecsystems,dc=com))": unable to find entry backend_startup_one: bi_db_open failed! (1) slapd shutdown: initiated ================

Using a config like:

================ include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema

pidfile /usr/local/var/run/slapd.pid argsfile /usr/local/var/run/slapd.args

# Load dynamic backend modules: modulepath /usr/local/libexec/openldap moduleload back_bdb.la moduleload back_ldap.la moduleload back_monitor.la moduleload translucent.la

database bdb directory /usr/local/var/openldap-data cachesize 10000 suffix "dc=suretecsystems,dc=com"

rootdn "cn=admin,dc=suretecsystems,dc=com" rootpw {SSHA}blah

index default eq index objectClass,uid,dc,o,ou

overlay translucent uri ldap://x.x.x.x:389 idassert-bind binddn="cn=admin,dc=suretecsystems,dc=com" credentials=blah

database config rootdn "cn=config" rootpw {SSHA}blah

database monitor

If I remove "database monitor", all is obviously well.

However, if I put "database monitor" before "database bdb", slapd starts fine, but complains with:

================ monitor_back_register_entry_parent(""): base="cn=databases,cn=monitor" scope=subordinate filter="(&(monitoredInfo=ldap)(!(monitorOverlay=ldap))(namingContexts:distinguishedNameMatch:=dc=suretecsystems,dc=com))": unable to find entry slapd starting ================

Pretty sure your monitor database needs a rootdn now for this to work.

Ok. What can the rootdn do on the monitor database then? Write to anything?

I can update the "Monitoring" section with this info then ;-)

Gavin.