Problem solved. /usr/local/var/openldap-logs is owned by the 'ldap' account but the one and only log file in there was still owned by the 'root' account. To fix, I did the following:

# chown -R ldap:ldap /usr/local/var/openldap-logs

The service starts now without issue.

Thanks for the help!

-----Original Message----- From: openldap-technical-bounces+edo=edwaa.com@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces+edo=edwaa.com@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Quanah Gibson-Mount Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:32 PM To: Eddie Grenier Cc: openldap-technical@openldap.org Subject: RE: slapd won't run as service

--On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:22 PM -0800 Eddie Grenier edo@edwaa.com wrote:

set_lg_dir /usr/local/var/openldap-logs

Admittedly, I know very little about these configuration options. I set these parameters after finding a "suggested" DB_CONFIG file on the internet.

Any help is much appreciated!

First, I would suggest you keep your replies on the list, so other people can gain knowledge too.

Second, it clearly notes it stores the log files in /usr/local/var/openldap-logs. I'm guessing the slapd user can't access that location.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount Principal Software Engineer Zimbra, Inc -------------------- Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration