Fedora directory users - May 2009 - fds fails to start in centos 5.3 openvz instance

Hi Guys,

After installing fds on Centos 5.3 in an OpenVZ virtual instance from
the Enterprise Linux 5 instructions provided
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download
I''m getting the errors below in the logs when starting the service.


[04/May/2009:02:33:21 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.2.0 B2009.091.197
starting up
[04/May/2009:02:33:21 -0400] - Failed to create semaphore for stats file
(/var/run/dirsrv/slapd-sso.stats). Error 38.(Function not implemented)


I''m pretty sure this is going to be a OpenVZ issue but I thought
I''d
post here first to get idea what is actually failing so I can
investigate the OpenVZ side of things, any information that can help me
troubleshoot this issue would be great.

Thank You

Anthony

Anthony Giggins wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> After installing fds on Centos 5.3 in an OpenVZ virtual instance from
> the Enterprise Linux 5 instructions provided
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download
> I''m getting the errors below in the logs when starting the
service.
>
>
> [04/May/2009:02:33:21 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.2.0 B2009.091.197
> starting up
> [04/May/2009:02:33:21 -0400] - Failed to create semaphore for stats file
> (/var/run/dirsrv/slapd-sso.stats). Error 38.(Function not implemented)
>
>
> I''m pretty sure this is going to be a OpenVZ issue but I thought
I''d
> post here first to get idea what is actually failing so I can
> investigate the OpenVZ side of things, any information that can help me
> troubleshoot this issue would be great.
>   
Does /var/run/dirsrv exist?  Is it writable by your directory server
user?
> Thank You
>
> Anthony
>
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> Does /var/run/dirsrv exist?  Is it writable by your directory server
user?

Yep that folder exists, permissions look fine

drwxrwxrwx  3 root   nobody 4096 May  4 02:33 dirsrv

Anthony Giggins wrote:
>> Does /var/run/dirsrv exist?  Is it writable by your directory server
>>     
> user?
>
> Yep that folder exists, permissions look fine
>
> drwxrwxrwx  3 root   nobody 4096 May  4 02:33 dirsrv
>   
Do you have the nsslapd-rundir attribute in cn=config in 
/etc/dirsrv/slapd-yourinstance/dse.ldif?
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> Do you have the nsslapd-rundir attribute in cn=config in
> /etc/dirsrv/slapd-yourinstance/dse.ldif?
> >
Yep, that looks good

nsslapd-rundir: /var/run/dirsrv

Anthony Giggins wrote:
>> Do you have the nsslapd-rundir attribute in cn=config in
>> /etc/dirsrv/slapd-yourinstance/dse.ldif?
>>     
>
> Yep, that looks good
>
> nsslapd-rundir: /var/run/dirsrv
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Try starting the setver in debug mode
/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/start-slapd -d 1

> Try starting the setver in debug mode
> /usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/start-slapd -d 1
Nope that doesn''t work but as it''s a 64bit virtual instance
the command
below seems to work

/usr/lib64/dirsrv/slapd-sso/start-slapd -d 1 

Appears to work up until

[05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - add_created_attrs
[05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - => send_ldap_result 0::
[05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - <= send_ldap_result
[05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.2.0 B2009.091.197
starting up
[05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - Failed to create semaphore for stats file
(/var/run/dirsrv/slapd-sso.stats). Error 38.(Function not implemented)

Anthony Giggins wrote:
>> Try starting the setver in debug mode
>> /usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/start-slapd -d 1
>>     
>
> Nope that doesn''t work but as it''s a 64bit virtual
instance the command
> below seems to work
>
> /usr/lib64/dirsrv/slapd-sso/start-slapd -d 1 
>
> Appears to work up until
>
> [05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - add_created_attrs
> [05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - => send_ldap_result 0::
> [05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - <= send_ldap_result
> [05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.2.0 B2009.091.197
> starting up
> [05/May/2009:20:04:33 -0400] - Failed to create semaphore for stats file
> (/var/run/dirsrv/slapd-sso.stats). Error 38.(Function not implemented)
>   
Are you attempting to run in a VM or in some sort of chroot 
environment?  I''ve seen this before when running the directory server
in
a chroot.  This is what I had to do:
echo tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab
mount /dev/shm
run the server

If you are using a chroot (e.g. mock) you must do the mount /dev/shm in 
the same chroot "session" - it does not
persist.
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> Are you attempting to run in a VM or in some sort of chroot
> environment?  I''ve seen this before when running the directory
server
in
> a chroot.  This is what I had to do:
> echo tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab
> mount /dev/shm
> run the server
Thanks Rich

This fixed the issue.