The init.d script of the package gives the following incorrect warning about files not belonging to the ldap user: * You have files in ... not owned by the ldap user, you must ensure they are accessible to the slapd instance! The issue is caused by this line of the /etc/init.d/slapd script: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/net-nds/openldap/files/slapd-initd-2.4.40-r1?id=56bd759df1d0c750a065b8c845e93d5dfa6b549d#n58 The check in this line should read: "if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then" This is because the previous line reads: /usr/bin/find $d ! -name DB_CONFIG ! -user ldap -o ! -group ldap |grep -sq . The find command will give a list of offending files, which do not belong to the ldap user. The subsequent grep command gives an exit status of 0 if a line is selected and 1 if no lines were selected. So, in case some offending files exist, $? will be 0 and the error message should be displayed. However if everything is fine, $? will be 1 and everything is fine. Right now the warning about files with incorrect permission is only displayed when everything is correct - and is NOT shown when there are issues.
