-----Original Message----- From: openldap-bugs-bounces(a)OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-bugs-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of hyc(a)symas.com >> Another possibility is to just use SysV semaphores instead of POSIX semaphores. >> Then you can use the ipcs(1) command to manually cleanup. BerkeleyDB uses >> SysV shared memory when you specify a shared memory environment and it >> appears that SysV semaphore support is actually more widespread than POSIX semaphores. Just to mention that at least on HPUX, Posix semaphores are more efficient than SysV ones.