Bug 83334 – OpenLDAP bdb database backend broken

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Ron Wills 2005-02-25 14:00:21 UTC]

When openldap 2.1.13-r2 is configure to use berkdb backend (database bdb or ldbm defaults to berkdb) the following occurs:

1. database quickly corrupts when queried
2. slapd does not fork
3. slapindex segfaults

It's using db-4.1.25_p1-r4. I've tried rebuilding the ldap database from scratch again, rebuild db and openldap, tried different kernels,... :P


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. slapd.conf -> database bdb | database ldbm and USE="berkdb"
2. /etc/init.d/slapd start
3. start using the server and slapindex and things go down hill
   very quickly

Actual Results:  
The ldap database became corrupted with in moments


To work around this I switch the backend to use gdbm as follows:

USE="-berkdb gdbm" emerge openldap
in /etc/openldap/slapd.conf: database ldbm

[Comment 1 Robin Johnson 2005-02-25 17:37:08 UTC]

Why are you using such an old openldap?

go and use 2.1.30* or 2.2.23*

[Comment 2 Ron Wills 2005-02-26 10:55:00 UTC]

Opps sorry, I meant version 2.1.30-r2. Just a typo, this has had my network down for a day and a half :P

[Comment 3 Robin Johnson 2005-02-26 18:10:35 UTC]

ok, please post your emerge info output
and additionally, put 'test' in your FEATURES and emerge openldap again to see if it fails it's tests.

[Comment 4 Ron Wills 2005-03-03 13:36:41 UTC]

Sorry I haven't been able to run these tests for you. I'm in the middle of a project that requires my attn and can't afford to bring the network down for the moment. I hope to have the results for you over the weekend.

[Comment 5 Robin Johnson 2005-04-13 17:20:35 UTC]

please reopen when you have the information.