Re: slapd segfault when using pcache

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Fabio Pedretti wrote:
> I found myself the problem: if I omit:
> include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
> then slapd will not start.

That's not surprising.

> Also, when there are no proxyattrset defined, slapd get a Segmentation 
> fault.

Note that the manpage states that you must define as many proxyattrsets as 
your <numattrsets> parameter. In this case, the pcache startup code will 
return an error, which causes slapd to fail to start. This is also expected.

> Citando Fabio Pedretti <fabio.pedretti@ing.unibs.it>:
>
> > Hi, thanks for your suggestions.
> > I changed ldbm to bdb, but I get again the same problems.
> > I forget to say that I am using openldap 2.3.33 compiled from source on
> > a Slackware 10.2.
> >
> > Is there something wrong in my configuration? Any other hints?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Fabio
> >
> > Citando Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>:
> >
> > > Fabio Pedretti wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I am trying to use slapd as a proxycache LDAP daemon for another   
> > > > LDAP server.
> > > >
> > > > (I was following the manual here:
> > > > http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/proxycache.html
> > > > but this refers to proxycache, which I think it is now replaced by   
> > > > pcache? Should the manual be updated?)
> > >
> > > Read the slapo-pcache(5) manpage instead.
> > >
> > > > database        ldap
> > > > suffix          "o=example,c=COM"
> > > > rootdn          "uid=root,o=example,c=COM"
> > > > uri             "ldap://ldap1.example.com ldap://ldap2.example.com";
> > > >
> > > > overlay pcache
> > > > proxycache      ldbm 10000 1 1000 3600
> > >
> > > Never use ldbm.


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