OID Fails to Start With oidmon.log Error: Exec of OIDLDAPD failed with error 13 (Doc ID 604609.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Internet Directory - Version 10.1.2.0.2 to 10.1.4.3 [Release 10gR2 to 10gR3]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 5-Feb-2013***

Symptoms

OID fails to start

oidmon.log shows:

2008/06/25:22:51:00 * OIDLDAPD Instance 1 is not running....
2008/06/25:22:51:00 * Exec of OIDLDAPD failed with error 13
2008/06/25:22:51:00 * Starting OIDLDAPD Server, PID=902
2008/06/25:22:51:00 * Updating Process Table...


OID binary file permissions are:

[oracle@devappsrv bin]$ ls -l oid*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 2028 Mar 30 2007 oidadmin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 2421 Mar 30 2007 oidca
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 1707643 Mar 30 2007 oidctl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 837 Mar 30 2007 oidemdpasswd
-rws-----x 1 root oinstall 1689444 Mar 30 2007 oidldapd
-rws-----x 1 oracle oinstall 1751980 Mar 30 2007 oidmon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 1712281 Mar 30 2007 oidpasswd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 2444 Mar 30 2007 oidprovtool
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 40279 Mar 30 2007 oidreconcile
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 1784050 Mar 30 2007 oidrepld






Cause

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