checkconfig() {
        # checks requested by bug #502948
        CONF=`echo ${OPTS_CONF}|awk '/-f/{print $2}'`
        for d in `awk '/^directory/{print $2}' $CONF`; do
                if [ ! -d $d ]; then
                        eerror "Directory $d in config does not exist!"
                        return 1
                fi
                /usr/bin/find $d ! -name DB_CONFIG ! -user ldap -o ! -group ldap |grep -sq .
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        ewarn "You have files in $d not owned by the ldap user, you must ensure they are accessible to the slapd instance!"
                fi
                [ ! -e $d/DB_CONFIG ] && ewarn "$d/DB_CONFIG does not exist, slapd performance may be sub-optimal" 
        done
        # now test the config fully
        /usr/sbin/slaptest -u "$@" ${OPTS_CONF}
}