failed to start slapd & can't create password - please help.

[sam <sam@ip6.com.au>]

Hi,

With the following setup:

hometest:openldap # uname -a
FreeBSD hometest.ip6.com.au <http://hometest.ip6.com.au> 8.1-RC1 FreeBSD 
8.1-RC1 #0: Fri Jun 18
15:26:58 EST 2010
root@hometest.ip6.com.au:/usr/
obj/usr/src/sys/mail.db.java.portal
i386
hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i ldap
openldap-sasl-client-2.4.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
with SASL2 support
openldap-sasl-server-2.4.22 Open source LDAP server implementation
hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i db
db46-4.6.21.4       The Berkeley DB package, revision 4.6
hometest:openldap # pkg_info | grep -i sasl
cyrus-sasl-2.1.23   RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security 
Layer)
cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.23 SASL authentication server for cyrus-sasl2
openldap-sasl-client-2.4.22 Open source LDAP client implementation
with SASL2 support
openldap-sasl-server-2.4.22 Open source LDAP server implementation

I can't create password for ldap:
hometest:openldap # slappasswd -h {MD5} -s password
Password generation failed for scheme MD5: scheme not recognized

and:

hometest:rc.d # ./slapd start
Starting slapd.
./slapd: WARNING: failed to start slapd

slapd.conf file is shown below:

#
# See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options.
# This file should NOT be world readable.
#
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema

#X.500 RFC1274 COSINE Pilot Schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
#For Addressbooks
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
#For Authentication
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema

TLSCACertificateFile /usr/local/etc/ssl/cacert.pem
TLSCertificateFile /usr/local/etc/openldap/ssl/portal.ip6.com.au.pem
TLSCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/etc/openldap/ssl/private/cakey.pem
TLSCipherSuite HIGH


# Define global ACLs to disable default read access.

# Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory
# service AND an understanding of referrals.
#referral       ldap://root.openldap.org <http://root.openldap.org>

pidfile         /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid
argsfile        /var/run/openldap/slapd.args

# Load dynamic backend modules:
modulepath      /usr/local/libexec/openldap
moduleload      back_bdb
#######################################################################
# BDB database definitions
#######################################################################

database        bdb
suffix          "dc=ip6,dc=com,dc=au"
rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=ip6,dc=com,dc=au"
# Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should
# be avoid.  See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details.
# Use of strong authentication encouraged.
rootpw          secret
# The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND
# should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools.
# Mode 700 recommended.
directory       /var/db/openldap-data
# Indices to maintain
index   objectClass     eq

Can anyone tell me how to start openldap and how to assign password to it?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thanks
Sam

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