[Fedora-directory-users] Centos 4.1 - FDS Problems

[Rich Megginson]

Try startconsole -D for debug mode.  Some preferences are written to a 
file in $HOME/.mcc - I can't remember the name.

Vik P wrote:

> I've chowned the lock and server folder to the ldap user, and even 
> tried as nobody and I still got the same warning. After changing 
> several other permissions ./start-admin still doesn't remain running 
> but when I run startconsole, while continually running start-admin (as 
> su) I eventually got the following error dump:
>
> [user at node fedora-ds]$ ./startconsole
> 20-Jul-2005 12:40:39 java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$2 run
> WARNING: java.io.IOException: Permission denied
> java.lang.SecurityException: Could not lock User prefs. Lock file 
> access denied.        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.checkLockFile0ErrorCode(FileSystemPreferences.java:937) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.lockFile(FileSystemPreferences.java:926) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.sync(FileSystemPreferences.java:732) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.flush(FileSystemPreferences.java:825) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.syncWorld(FileSystemPreferences.java:469) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.access$1200(FileSystemPreferences.java:51) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$4.run(FileSystemPreferences.java:437) 
>
>        at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:447)
>        at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:397)
> java.lang.SecurityException: Could not lock User prefs. Lock file 
> access denied.        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.checkLockFile0ErrorCode(FileSystemPreferences.java:937) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.lockFile(FileSystemPreferences.java:926) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.sync(FileSystemPreferences.java:732) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.flush(FileSystemPreferences.java:825) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.syncWorld(FileSystemPreferences.java:469) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.access$1200(FileSystemPreferences.java:51) 
>
>        at 
> java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$6.run(FileSystemPreferences.java:447) 
>
>
> Trying to run start-admin as non-root doesn't do anything at all, 
> checking the log files reveals that they weren't even written to 
> meaning the admin server didn't even attempt to start. I've checked 
> all the permissions and I can't see any problems.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>
>> From: Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
>
>> Reply-To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server 
>> project." <fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>> To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server 
>> project." <fedora-directory-users at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Centos 4.1 - FDS Problems
>> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:49:53 -0600
>>
>> Vik Lionheart wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I have x11 installed, it is required for nomachine to run 
>>> correctly, which has been installed correctly.
>>>
>>> I tried running start-slapd as a non-root and, after fixing several 
>>> permission errors I got the following message:
>>>
>>> [user at node slapd-node]$ ./start-slapd
>>> Server failed to start !!! Please check errors log for problems
>>>
>>> Viewing the error log revealed the following:
>>>
>>> [19/Jul/2005:11:56:12 +0100] - Warning - couldn't set the ownership 
>>> for /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-node/locks/server/4346
>>
>>
>> Make sure you chown locks and locks/server to the uid of the slapd 
>> process (e.g. ldap).  Make sure those directories are writable by the 
>> uid of the slapd process.
>>
>>> [19/Jul/2005:11:56:12 +0100] - Fedora-Directory/7.1 B2005.146.2010 
>>> starting up
>>> [19/Jul/2005:11:56:12 +0100] createprlistensocket - PR_Bind() on All 
>>> Interfaces port 389 failed: Netscape Portable Runtime error -5966 
>>> (Access Denied.)
>>>
>>> This may be the reason why admin server kept randomly stopping. I've 
>>> made sure that no other services are trying to run on port 389 but I 
>>> still have this error.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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