<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Richard Megginson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:488F2D9E.1000805@redhat.com" type="cite">Howard Wilkinson wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> </blockquote> These are messages from sasl. I believe you can ignore them, I don't think they have anything to do with the problem. <blockquote type="cite"> What can I do to recover the database so that I can start the server? </blockquote> What messages do you get in the directory server error log? </blockquote> <blockquote> Fedora-Directory/1.1.1 B2008.151.1915 bastion.finsbury.cohtech.co.uk:636 (/etc/dirsrv/slapd-bastion) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:15 +0100] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.1 B2008.151.1915 starting up [04/Aug/2008:10:40:15 +0100] - Detected Disorderly Shutdown last time Directory Server was running, recovering database. [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - libdb: file userRoot/id2entry.db4 has LSN 518/7178886, past end of log at 1/4431 [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - libdb: Commonly caused by moving a database from one database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - libdb: to another without clearing the database LSNs, or by removing all of [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - libdb: the log files from a database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - libdb: /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-bastion/db/userRoot/id2entry.db4: unexpected file type or format [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - dbp->open("userRoot/id2entry.db4") failed: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:17 +0100] - dblayer_instance_start fail: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: file NetscapeRoot/id2entry.db4 has LSN 210/949652, past end of log at 1/6026 [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: Commonly caused by moving a database from one database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: to another without clearing the database LSNs, or by removing all of [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: the log files from a database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-bastion/db/NetscapeRoot/id2entry.db4: unexpected file type or format [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dbp->open("NetscapeRoot/id2entry.db4") failed: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dblayer_instance_start fail: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: file cohtechNet/id2entry.db4 has LSN 400/7475236, past end of log at 1/6478 [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: Commonly caused by moving a database from one database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: to another without clearing the database LSNs, or by removing all of [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: the log files from a database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-bastion/db/cohtechNet/id2entry.db4: unexpected file type or format [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dbp->open("cohtechNet/id2entry.db4") failed: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dblayer_instance_start fail: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: file cohtechCom/id2entry.db4 has LSN 198/9190421, past end of log at 1/6478 [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: Commonly caused by moving a database from one database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: to another without clearing the database LSNs, or by removing all of [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: the log files from a database environment [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - libdb: /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-bastion/db/cohtechCom/id2entry.db4: unexpected file type or format [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dbp->open("cohtechCom/id2entry.db4") failed: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - dblayer_instance_start fail: Invalid argument (22) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING---no write permission to file /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-bastion/db/cohCoUk/log.0000000001 [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - start: Failed to start databases, err=22 Invalid argument [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Failed to allocate 10000000 byte dbcache. Please reduce nsslapd-cache-autosize and Restart the server. [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Failed to start database plugin ldbm database [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance willertonCohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance viaFonCohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance userRoot already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance towerbridgeCohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance time2joininCohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance sudaminltdCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance stokieCohtechCoUk already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance seamsysCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance palmPrintsCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance orbItNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance orbItCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance orbCoUk already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance NetscapeRoot already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance finsburyCohtechCoUk already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance conceptsIntCohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance cohtechOrg already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance cohtechNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance cohtechCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance coherentTechnologyOrg already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance coherentTechnologyNet already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance coherentTechnologyCoUk already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance coherentTechnologyCom already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance coherentLocal already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - WARNING: ldbm instance cohCoUk already exists [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] binder-based resource limits - nsLookThroughLimit: parameter error (slapi_reslimit_register() already registered) [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - start: Resource limit registration failed [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Failed to start database plugin ldbm database [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: Failed to resolve plugin dependencies [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: accesscontrol plugin ACL Plugin is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: preoperation plugin ACL preoperation is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: object plugin Class of Service is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: preoperation plugin HTTP Client is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: database plugin ldbm database is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:18 +0100] - Error: object plugin Legacy Replication Plugin is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:19 +0100] - Error: object plugin Multimaster Replication Plugin is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:19 +0100] - Error: object plugin Roles Plugin is not started [04/Aug/2008:10:40:19 +0100] - Error: object plugin Views is not started </blockquote> </body> </html>