Re: slapd/slurpd replication log not written to

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Juliet Kemp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm attempting to set up a slave LDAP server.
>
> I have replogfile & replica config set in the master server, but when 
> I restart it & try a test entry, the replication log contains no 
> data.  It does, however, show a change in the 'last modified' date.

Note that the replog should usually be empty since slurpd truncates it 
as soon as it reads it.

Some relevant discussion is here
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200510/msg00003.html
> I've not been able to find anything useful in the logs, but I'm not 
> sure if I'm setting the log level correctly - it's unclear from the 
> docs what log level would record replication log activity.  I've tried 
> 256, 320, & 264 with no joy.  Any suggestions about correct debug 
> level, or whether I should be looking elsewhere for debugging info?
>
> I have tried the list archives but the only reference I could find to 
> a similar problem turned out to be spaces in the admin DNs, which is 
> not the problem here (I have checked!).
>
> The relevant snippet is below.  Any pointers welcome!  I'm running 
> slapd 2.2.26, on Ubuntu 6.06 (sparc version).
>
>
> Regards,
> Juliet
>
> slapd.conf:
>
> database    dbd
> ...snip config....
>
> replica uri=ldaps://slave_ldap.ph.ic.ac.uk:636
>         tls=yes
>         bindmethod=sasl
>         binddn="cn=repl_adm,dc=ph,dc=ic,dc=ac,dc=uk"
>         saslmech=GSSAPI
>
> replogfile      /var/log/slapd_replog


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