https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10172

Issue ID: 10172 Summary: check for writability of directory of logfile during startup Product: OpenLDAP Version: 2.6.7 Hardware: All OS: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: needs_review Severity: enhancement Priority: --- Component: slapd Assignee: bugs@openldap.org Reporter: hyc@openldap.org Target Milestone: ---

Even if the logfile itself is writable, if the enclosing directory is not writable then slapd won't be able to perform logfile rotation. Check for this when the logfile is being configured. This will prevent starting up with a bad config, but we still can't do anything about it if the directory's perms are changed while slapd is already running. Logging an error message in that situation would likely fill all disk space with that error message.