there is /var/run/dirsrv on my system and there is dsgw/cookies in it.
why server fails to start?


Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:25:31 -0700
From: Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Re: error in yum fedora-ds
To: "General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project."
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Eric wrote:
> I used :rpm --import
> 'http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA7B02652'
> <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA7B02652%27>
> and the problem solved. I installed fedora-ds then used
> /usr/sbin/migrate-ds-admin.pl for migration from fedora ds-1.0.4.
> I stoped slapd-instance before this. it faild in start server:
mkdir /var/run/dirsrv
make sure that directory is writable by your directory server user
>
> /usr/sbin/migrate-ds-admin.pl General.
ConfigDirectoryAdminPwd=mypassword
> Beginning migration of Directory and Administration servers from
> /opt/fedora-ds . . .
> Beginning migration of directory server instances in /opt/fedora-ds . . .
> Your new DS instance 'slapd-ldap' was successfully created.
> Server failed to start !!! Please check errors log for problems
> Beginning migration of Administration server from /opt/fedora-ds . . .
> Creating Admin Server files and directories . . .
> Updating the configuration for the httpd engine . . .
> Starting admin server . . .
> The admin server was successfully started.
> Registering the directory server instances with the configuration
> directory server . . .
> Directory and Administration servers migration is complete.  Please
> check output and log files for details.
> Exiting . . .
>
> what is wrong? now the slapd in /opt/fedora-ds doesn't work too!