Bug 71268

Summary:	Method of stopping openldap (Slapd) is different then the recommended method
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	jos houtman <pizza>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	grandmasterlinux
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description jos houtman 2004-11-15 03:34:03 UTC

as suggested by the openldap administrators guide,
the preferred method to kill slapd is with an INT signal.
Another method could lead to database corruption/data loss.

http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin22/runningslapd.html#Stopping%20slapd

The init script that comes with net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r2, (its is possibly the same with other versions) Kills the daemon with a TERM signal.

I myself had database corruption a couple of times allready, 
I cannot blame this, because my box was under strange conditions every time it happend. But i cannot rule it out either.



Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reboot (last time i had quite a few runaway processes [configure crashed], couldnt kill them, ps/top just hang while they tried to list the processes)



Actual Results:  
The database was corrupted. i had to remove it and install from a backup ldif.

Expected Results:  
Not cause database corruption

I dont know if this was the cause, and maybe there is a good reason for the TERM
signal i'am not aware of.

This is my first bug(suggestion), so please bare with me. I tried to be as clear
as possible, but its probably some ranting you have to struggle through..

Comment 1 jos houtman 2004-11-15 03:37:45 UTC

forgot the solution..

change the init script stop function to this:

start-stop-daemon -s 2 --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid

Comment 2 Robin Johnson archtester

2004-12-01 20:55:24 UTC

in cvs now.