[Fedora-directory-users] error when restarting FDS

[Morris, Patrick]

> From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf 
> Of Mikael Kermorgant
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:22 AM
> To: General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project.
> Subject: [Fedora-directory-users] error when restarting FDS
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This night, FDS (1.0.2) refused to start after backup. I 
> found this in the logs :
> 
> [06/Feb/2007:22:04:39 +0100] - slapd stopped.
>         Fedora-Directory/1.0.2 B2006.060.1951
>         host:389 (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-supann)
> 
> [06/Feb/2007:22:04:51 +0100] dse - The entry cn=config in 
> file /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-supann/config/dse.ldif is invalid, 
> error code 53 (DSA is unwilling to perform) - 
> nsslapd-maxdescriptors: invalid value "65536", maximum file 
> descriptors must range from 1 to 1024 (the current process limit)
> [06/Feb/2007:22:04:51 +0100] dse - Could not load config file 
> [dse.ldif]
> [06/Feb/2007:22:04:51 +0100] dse - Please edit the file to 
> correct the reported problems and then restart the server.
>         Fedora-Directory/1.0.2 B2006.060.1951
>         host:636 (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-supann)

How are you settigng your file descriptor limits, and how does the
backup run?  Chances are that when the server is restarted after the
backup, they are not set correctly. I'm going to take a wild guess that
it runs out of cron with an environment that's not set with the right
number.