[Fedora-directory-users] Re: "This beta software has expired"?

[Richard Megginson]

No, it's not a cert issue.  It's a problem with the core server, and 
we're working on a fix right now.

Kevin Kovach wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I'm suspecting more and more that it was a certificate issue, since 
> the error log references port 636.
>
> However, I've gone over the SSL HOWTO on the FDS wiki and I don't 
> understand what the problem is.  When I installed FDS about 5 months 
> ago I used the information provided here, 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158  
> on setting up a self signed certificate.  This link was posted on the 
> SSL HOWTO on help with using certutil.
>
> I was able to get FDS up and running with SSL after a couple emails to 
> the list and a couple changes to the FDS wiki regarding SSL.  As I 
> said, it's been running well for the past 5 months or so.
>
> My understanding was that the example there created a cert that would 
> be valid for 123 months (-v 120) plus the default 3 months?  I would 
> not expect this cert to have expired already.
>
> That said, I went through the same steps to try and recreate the CA 
> and Server certs for the directory again now.  After doing so without 
> any error messages, I tried to start the directory server again and 
> I'm getting the same message.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Kevin
>
> On 12/5/05, *Kevin Kovach* <kovach at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I'm a bit confused this morning.  I woke up and realized that my
>     directory was down, and when I tried to restart it I got the
>     following message ...
>
>     # ./start-slapd
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>
>     Does this look familiar to anyone?  I'm continuing to look into
>     it, but if it's something simple issue that I'm unaware of I'd
>     appreciate any hints as to what the problem is?
>
>     Some background information ...
>
>     I've been running Fedora Directory Server for about 5 months
>     without any issues.  It's been running great.  I recently added a
>     root suffix to the directory that went smoothly.  I was able to
>     use the new root without any problems after I added it.  I didn't
>     seem to have any issues with that change.  This the only thing
>     I've done in the past couple months.
>
>     I've just tired to save my config and back up the db with
>     ./saveconfig, ./db2bak, ./db2ldif, and ./db2dsml and all attempts
>     result in the same error message.
>
>     Also, the only thing printed to the error log is the same message.
>
>     # cat errors
>             Fedora-Directory/7.1 B2005.201.2115
>             ldap.hostname.com:636 <http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
>     (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instname)
>
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:46:07 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:47:44 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:49:03 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:57:33 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:11:58:30 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>     [05/Dec/2005:12:00:11 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
>     expired **
>
>     I'm really at a loss as to what has expired.  Does the directory
>     have some kind of license that has expired?  Can this be a message
>     for an expired cert?  It doesn't really sound like it, but that's
>     the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
>
>     Thanks for any help and/or information.
>
>     - Kevin
>
>
>
>
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