* vishesh kumar <linuxtovishesh(a)gmail.com&gt; [2009-11-25 10:25:07 +0530]: > Dear friends > > I am facing a unique problem in openldap 2.3.43 on rhel 5. 2. If i > specify > ldap in /etc/nsswitch.conf like > > passwd files ldap > shadow files ldap > group files ldap > > > And then start my ldap server, it takes lots of time to start ldap server. > > If i remove ldap from /etc/nsswitch.conf , it start immediately. It is try resolv ldap user thru ldap, when ldap started. I don`t know how to do it in right way, I edit starting slapd scripts, which remove ldap record from nsswitch.conf before start and add it back afters start. Anothe way make soft bind in nss_ldap (it`s in freebsd) > > > Can anyone suggest be any solution for this problem. > > Thanks > > -- > http://linuxinterviews.blogspot.com -- Email: alexs(a)ulgsm.ru Email/Jabber: alexs(a)ulgsm.ru

From: bgmilne(a)staff.telkomsa.net To: openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Subject: Re: /etc/nsswitch cause delay in start Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:34:33 +0100 CC: linuxtovishesh(a)gmail.com On Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:55:07 vishesh kumar wrote: > Dear friends > > I am facing a unique problem in openldap 2.3.43 on rhel 5. 2. If i specify > ldap in /etc/nsswitch.conf like > > passwd files ldap > shadow files ldap > group files ldap > > > And then start my ldap server, it takes lots of time to start ldap server. > > If i remove ldap from /etc/nsswitch.conf , it start immediately. > > > Can anyone suggest be any solution for this problem. Easiest workaround is: echo "bind_policy soft">> /etc/ldap.conf (Note, this is an nss_ldap issue, and delays during startup of a machine can be seen in the case where OpenLDAP is not running locally)