[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#375067: Bug#375067: Running a second instance of slapd stops /etc/init.d/slapd stop from working

[Matthijs Möhlmann]

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On 08/08/2010 08:28 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> reopen 375067
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 05:24:05PM +0200, Matthijs Möhlmann wrote:
>> Closing bug, running a second instance is not supported.
> 
> Supporting running a second instance is a separate question from allowing an
> attempt to start a second instance to steal the pid file of the
> already-running server.  This is a bug.
> 

I don't think that's entirely true. If you want a second instance of the
LDAP server you need also a separate slapd.conf file. In the
configuration the pidfile is defined. So if someone wants to setup a new
instance then you need also a new configuration file.

And if the user then defines the same pidfile that would be an user
configuration error or am I wrong here?

So first of all, running a second instance is in my opinion no problem
at all.

Second: stealing a pidfile is not a failure on part of slapd but a
configuration error.

Regards,

Matthijs Mohlmann
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