We just upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 and subsequently our nightly backup of ldap database reports the same error as this bug report.
Our backup script run from root's crontab is /usr/sbin/slapcat -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -l /root/system/ldap.ldif the error reported is 51256a8a olcDbDirectory: value #0: invalid path: No such file or directory 51256a8a config error processing olcDatabase={2}hdb,cn=config: olcDbDirectory: value #0: invalid path: No such file or directory slapcat: bad configuration directory! the database structure is /var/lib/ldap /var/lib/ldap/accesslog meanwhile #slaptest -u config file testing succeeded -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003854 Title: Database upgrade/migration fails with nested db directories (lucid to precise) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/+bug/1003854/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs