Fedora directory users - Jul 2008 - Can't start Fedora DS server or connect to Admin Console

Good morning,

Our Fedora DS server has stopped working. I believe it''s v1.0.4.  I 
replaced the non-working fedora-ds with a backup of the directory 
from last week when it _was_ working. The 
/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-servername directory logs (error and access) 
provide no clues.

But, the /fedora-ds/admin-serv/log/ states:
[Mon Jul 28 02:17:34 2008] [warn] Unable to bind as LocalAdmin to 
populate LocalAdmin tasks into cache.
[Mon Jul 28 02:17:34 2008] [crit] host_ip_init(): PSET failure: 
Failed to create PSET handle (pset error = )
Configuration Failed
[Mon Jul 28 02:17:35 2008] [warn] Unable to bind as LocalAdmin to 
populate LocalAdmin tasks into cache.
[Mon Jul 28 02:17:35 2008] [crit] host_ip_init(): PSET failure: 
Failed to create PSET handle (pset error = )
Configuration Failed

I found one posting on the internet that says permissions could be 
the issue. 
http://osdir.com/ml/redhat.fedora.directory.user/2006-03/msg00037.html

I set the files in /opt/fedora-ds/admin-serv/config/ to my admin user 
for files. But, that hasn''t helped.

I tried to do an ldapsearch from /opt/fedora-ds/shared/bin/ and that 
failed. Error said it couldn''t locate the ldap database.

I put this in:

ldapsearch [-x] -b o=netscaperoot -D "cn=directory manager" -w 
password "objectclass=nsAdminConfig" dn


Error:
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can''t contact LDAP server (-1)

Am I making sense at 4AM?  Any help would be appreciated.  I can''t 
decide if this is a BIND, SSL, permissions, or what have you issue.

Thanks for your help,
Carol

Carol:

It is my experience that the admin console will not start if the 
underlaying directory server isn''t running.

How do you normally start Fedora-DS? Do you use one of the init script 
suggestion from the website?
I was using version 1.04 (now upgraded) on RHEL5.2 so probably can''t 
provide much help on other distributions.

Regards,
Wolf

PS:

I trust that you tried this command already:
/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-servername/start-slapd

If typing in a terminal window, there might some helpful output.
> But, the /fedora-ds/admin-serv/log/ states
As said before, it is my experience that - in case the underlaying 
directory server is not running - that should better be rectified first 
before taking care of any errors from the admin server.

Good luck!

Wolf