IdM/IPA and named error message "bind to LDAP server failed: Timed out"
Issue
- There may be situations where the DNS service within IdM/IPA may not respond in time, or IdM / IPA may not be able to start because the named service fails, with the following system message error examples:
Dec 13 16:02:35 hostname1 named[1655]: bind to LDAP server failed: Timed out
and in particular:
Dec 13 16:02:35 hostname1 kernel: named[1656] general protection ip:7f8ee0973e61 sp:7f8ee2d08490 error:0 in libldap-2.4.so.2.5.6[7f8ee095b000+49000]
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with the following packages
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.3.0.3.el6.x86_64
389-ds-base-1.2.10.2-20.el6_3.x86_64
bind-9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.4.x86_64
bind-dyndb-ldap-1.1.0-0.9.b1.el6_3.1.x86_64
ipa-server-2.2.0-16.el6.x86_64
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