Thanks for the reply Richard.<br><br>Are you able to supply any details on the issue? Is this a known problem that was already being worked on, or is this a brand new issue? If this has been around for a while, do you have a timetable on a fix?
<br><br>I've checked the list and have not seen anything regarding this error message. If there's anything I can do to help please let me know.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>- Kevin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/5/05,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Megginson</b> <<a href="mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com">rmeggins@redhat.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
No, it's not a cert issue. It's a problem with the core server, and<br>we're working on a fix right now.<br><br>Kevin Kovach wrote:<br><br>> Hello again,<br>><br>> I'm suspecting more and more that it was a certificate issue, since
<br>> the error log references port 636.<br>><br>> However, I've gone over the SSL HOWTO on the FDS wiki and I don't<br>> understand what the problem is. When I installed FDS about 5 months<br>> ago I used the information provided here,
<br>> <a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158</a><br>> on setting up a self signed certificate. This link was posted on the
<br>> SSL HOWTO on help with using certutil.<br>><br>> I was able to get FDS up and running with SSL after a couple emails to<br>> the list and a couple changes to the FDS wiki regarding SSL. As I<br>> said, it's been running well for the past 5 months or so.
<br>><br>> My understanding was that the example there created a cert that would<br>> be valid for 123 months (-v 120) plus the default 3 months? I would<br>> not expect this cert to have expired already.<br>
><br>> That said, I went through the same steps to try and recreate the CA<br>> and Server certs for the directory again now. After doing so without<br>> any error messages, I tried to start the directory server again and
<br>> I'm getting the same message.<br>><br>> Thanks.<br>><br>> - Kevin<br>><br>> On 12/5/05, *Kevin Kovach* <<a href="mailto:kovach@gmail.com">kovach@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kovach@gmail.com">
kovach@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hello,<br>><br>> I'm a bit confused this morning. I woke up and realized that my<br>> directory was down, and when I tried to restart it I got the<br>
> following message ...<br>><br>> # ./start-slapd<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>><br>> Does this look familiar to anyone? I'm continuing to look into
<br>> it, but if it's something simple issue that I'm unaware of I'd<br>> appreciate any hints as to what the problem is?<br>><br>> Some background information ...<br>><br>> I've been running Fedora Directory Server for about 5 months
<br>> without any issues. It's been running great. I recently added a<br>> root suffix to the directory that went smoothly. I was able to<br>> use the new root without any problems after I added it. I didn't
<br>> seem to have any issues with that change. This the only thing<br>> I've done in the past couple months.<br>><br>> I've just tired to save my config and back up the db with<br>> ./saveconfig, ./db2bak, ./db2ldif, and ./db2dsml and all attempts
<br>> result in the same error message.<br>><br>> Also, the only thing printed to the error log is the same message.<br>><br>> # cat errors<br>> Fedora-Directory/7.1 B2005.201.2115
<br>> <a href="http://ldap.hostname.com:636">ldap.hostname.com:636</a> <<a href="http://ldap.hostname.com:636">http://ldap.hostname.com:636</a>><br>> (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instname)<br>><br>
> [05/Dec/2005:11:46:07 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:47:44 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:49:03 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has
<br>> expired **<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:57:33 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **
<br>> [05/Dec/2005:11:58:30 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>> [05/Dec/2005:12:00:11 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software has<br>> expired **<br>><br>> I'm really at a loss as to what has expired. Does the directory
<br>> have some kind of license that has expired? Can this be a message<br>> for an expired cert? It doesn't really sound like it, but that's<br>> the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
<br>><br>> Thanks for any help and/or information.<br>><br>> - Kevin<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Take back the web, <a href="http://www.switch2firefox.com/">http://www.switch2firefox.com/
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