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[Ryan Tandy <1452087@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thinking about it again, an upstream fix for this is unlikely. slapd
changes users before it even starts loading its config, so there
probably isn't any way for nssov to mkdir as root.

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Title:
  slapd [or its init script] does not create necessary directory for
  nssov socket and fails to start

Status in openldap package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  when used with the nss overlay, slapd fails to start, because
  /var/run/nslcd/ does not exist, and slap cannot then create the socket
  for this.  additionally, creating the directory manually does not
  help, because it disappears after every reboot.

  1] >lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:	15.04

  2] >apt-cache policy slapd
  slapd:
    Installed: 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu12
    Candidate: 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu12
    Version table:
   *** 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu12 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3] i expected the necessary directory to be created when starting slapd if the nss overlay is in use
  4] it was not

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