Michael Ströder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [snip] > > Just for the records: OpenLDAP often complains about alock package even > when using back-bdb or back-hdb.
Also for the record: Messages from the alock package should not be ignored lightly (not to say that Michael implied they could be). I'll note that since the package's introduction, the number of posts concerning back-bdb "lockup" situations where the solution was to manually invoke db_recover have gone to near zero. Cases where alock reports "alock package is unstable" should be reported in the ITS system, as they indicate a bad parameter was passed to an alock function or that an out-of sequence call to an alock function took place. At the very least db_recover should be performed manually if something like that happens. Calls to alock were added to back-ldbm to detect cases where the db has been tainted due to system panics, power losses, or slapd crashes. Since there are no recovery capabilities in back-ldbm there is not much that can be done to restore complete confidence in the database in the event of a complaint from alock short of restoring from a backup. Cheers, Matthew Hardin Symas Corporation Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: http://www.symas.com > Ciao, Michael. >