enterprise ~ # /etc/init.d/slapd start slapd | * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] slapd | * Starting ldap-server ... [ !! ] slapd | * ERROR: slapd failed to start Now this does not help a lot to find why it failed as syslog is also empty. Removing the --quiet option to s-s-d shows instead enterprise ~ # /etc/init.d/slapd start slapd | * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] slapd | * Starting ldap-server ... slapd |Unrecognized database type (hdb) slapd | * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/lib64/openldap/slapd' [ !! ] slapd | * ERROR: slapd failed to start Quite a bit more helpful. Maybe you should remove --quiet from the s-s-d call? Thanks, Diego
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