Package: slapd Version: 2.3.30-1 Severity: critical Why is it critical? well sshd fails to restart saying that /var/run/sshd needs to be owned by root; inn did not restart, and neither did postgresql. All kinds of unrelated software broke when this happens.
I can reproduce at will by running as root: bash -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/slapd.postinst configure I debugged it to the point where one part of the script was writing to file descriptor 9 for a Perl script to read to psit out where the database dir was, and realized this is a bit much to be debugging at 2am while trying to ensure my machine reovers from this. __> sudo grep '^directory' /etc/ldap/slapd.conf directory "/var/lib/ldap" I don't really use ldap anymore, so I am on the verge of purging this, but I'll keep it installed long enough to help debug this issue. manoj __> bash -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/slapd.postinst configure + set -e + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' '' ']' ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY ++ '[' '' ']' ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/slapd.postinst configure Omitting slapd configuration as requested. Starting OpenLDAP: slapd. __> ll /var/run total 500 8 drwxr-xr-x 47 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-12 01:17 . 8 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2006-12-12 01:42 .. 0 srw-rw-rw- 1 openldap openldap 0 2006-12-08 00:04 acpid.socket 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-10-23 00:02 alsa 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-12 00:52 apache2 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-12 00:58 apache2.pid 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-10 07:16 apt-proxy 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-08 00:05 arpwatch-lan0.pid 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-08 00:05 atd.pid 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-08 00:04 autofs 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-08 00:04 avahi-daemon 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 openldap openldap 4096 2002-11-14 22:13 bind 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-11-28 09:25 checksecurity 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-08 00:04 clamav 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-08 00:04 courier 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 openldap openldap 4096 2003-09-04 17:27 Crack 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-08 00:05 crond.pid 0 ---------- 1 openldap openldap 0 2006-12-08 00:05 crond.reboot 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-11 07:38 cups 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 openldap openldap 4096 2006-12-08 00:04 dbus 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-08 00:05 dhcpd.pid 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 openldap openldap 5 2006-12-08 00:04 dictd.pid .... -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.2-mh7-skas3-v9-pre9 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Versions of packages slapd depends on: ii adduser 3.100 Add and remove users and groups ii coreutils 5.97-5.2 The GNU core utilities ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.9 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdb4.2 4.2.52+dfsg-1 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [ ii libiodbc2 3.52.4-3 iODBC Driver Manager ii libldap-2.3-0 2.3.30-1 OpenLDAP libraries ii libltdl3 1.5.22-4 A system independent dlopen wrappe ii libperl5.8 5.8.8-7 Shared Perl library ii libsasl2-2 2.1.22.dfsg1-7 Authentication abstraction library ii libslp1 1.2.1-6 OpenSLP libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4 SSL shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-11 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii perl [libmime-base64-perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 22.3-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy Versions of packages slapd recommends: ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.22.dfsg1-7 Pluggable Authentication Modules f -- debconf information: slapd/ldif_noexist: * shared/organization: green-gryphon.com slapd/unknown_class: * slapd/allow_ldap_v2: false * slapd/fill_method: auto slapd/no_password: slapd/slurpd/binddn: slapd/ldif_file: slapd/slave_databases_require_updateref: * slapd/dump_database_destdir: /var/backups/slapd-VERSION * slapd/domain: green-gryphon.com slapd/password_mismatch: * slapd/invalid_config: false slapd/upgrade_slapadd_failure: slapd/custom_suffix: * slapd/dump_database: when needed slapd/migrate_ldbm_to_bdb: false slapd/internal/admin: cn=admin,dc=green-gryphon,dc=com * slapd/purge_database: false slapd/admin: * slapd/fix_directory: true * slapd/conf_exists: slapd/upgrade_slapcat_failure: shared/locale/countrycode: * slapd/backend: BDB * slapd/no_configuration: true * slapd/move_old_database: true slapd/suffix_change: false slapd/invalid_suffix: false slapd/slurpd/port: 389 * slapd/suffix_type: domain or host slapd/autoconf_modules: true * slapd/replicate: false slapd/internal/dn: dc=green-gryphon,dc=com slapd/slurpd/host: -- "Nature is very un-American. Nature never hurries." William George Jordan Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]