Date - Sept 2009
Affected Product & Version - NetVault: Backup ALL
Affected Module & Version - N/A
OS Version - Linux Redhat Enterprise 5.3
Application Information - N/A
Symptoms:
After successful installation of NetVault on a RHEL 5.3 machine, the NetVault service won't start.
The messages file is filled with the following:
Aug 3 16:41:57 l00I nvpmgr: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 4 seconds)...
Aug 3 16:41:57 l00I nvcmgr: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 4 seconds)...
Aug 3 16:42:01 l00I nvpmgr: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 8 seconds)...
Aug 3 16:42:01 l00I nvcmgr: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 8 seconds)...
OR
nvpmgr: ldap-nss.c:1347: do_init: Assertion `cfg->ldc_uris[__session.ls_current_uri] != ((void *)0)' failed.
In the event authentication is configured to turn to an LDAP database, make sure the machine can indeed connect to the LDAP server.
Alternatively, configure your machine to use local files for authentication, such as /etc/passwd, /etc/groups and others.
This can be specified in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
Eg.
- edit /etc/nsswitch.conf
- remove the 'ldap' value from the following lines:
"protocols: files ldap" becomes "protocols: files"
"services: files ldap" becomes "services: files"
"netgroup: nisplus ldap" becomes "netgroup: nisplus"
