> > I see somewhere code hangs in the alock.c file I think the slapcat
> > process not able to grab the lock,is it correct? or something
> > different.

Ciao.

The same issue seems to occur under Windows. I reckon I may have reported it some time ago.

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52879a45 bdb_db_open: "dc=example,dc=com"
52879a45 bdb_db_open: database "dc=example,dc=com": unclean shutdown detected; attempting recovery.
52879a45 bdb_db_open: warning - no DB_CONFIG file found in directory ../testrun/db.1.a: (2).
Expect poor performance for suffix "dc=example,dc=com".
52879a45 bdb_db_open: database "dc=example,dc=com": dbenv_open(../testrun/db.1.a).
52879a46 bdb_db_open: database "dc=example,dc=com": alock_recover failed
52879a46 ====> bdb_cache_release_all
52879a46 bdb_db_close: database "dc=example,dc=com": alock_close failed
52879a46 backend_startup_one (type=bdb, suffix="dc=example,dc=com"): bi_db_open failed! (-1)
52879a46 slapd shutdown: initiated
52879a46 ====> bdb_cache_release_all
52879a46 bdb_db_close: database "dc=example,dc=com": alock_close failed
52879a46 slapd destroy: freeing system resources.
52879a46 slapd stopped.
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