[Fedora-directory-users] slapd crash on replicate attempt

[Justin Crawford]

> > One of the slapd processes just crashed again, and the logs on the 
> > second server show only the same replication error.  I take 
> it to mean 
> > the replication can't continue, because the slapd process 
> on the other 
> > server has crashed.
> >  
> > Anyway, today is the first time in 5 months that either of these 
> > servers has had any issue whatsoever.
> Something must have changed.  Even something that may appear at first 
> glance to be innocuous.

Agreed.  The servers themselves were not patched immediately prior to
the change; they did get some patches in the week before, but nothing
that appears to have a direct connection.

We did implement a new authenticating client application during the
previous week.  But I keep thinking that no client should be able to
cause a slapd server crash (at least not without some evidence of
intense load); therefore, a change to client applications does not
strike me as a likely culprit.

> 
> Are you using VLV (browsing index in the console)?

Yes, on a few subtrees, but these tend to be created on the spot by
administrators, and not managed strictly (should they be?).  I suppose
one of those could've been created on a subtree at any time, but I don't
believe one was created in the days immediately prior to the crash.  Why
do you ask?

FYI, we rebooted the host machines last night and restared slapd with
debug 1.  Neither slapd process crashed today.  

Justin