RedHat EL4 fresh install

[richard.bessey]

OK Guys, here is the deal
I have a fresh install of RedHat Enterprise Linux running on a Dell Poweredge 1850.
I did a test install on CentOS 4.3 that went almost flawless, yet on RedHat I am struggling. I did some research and found that it seems to be LDAP that is failing. Using the info on the wiki I found how to start ldap manually with debug, below is the output.

+ sudo /opt/zimbra/openldap-2.3.21/libexec/slapd -d7 -l LOCAL0 -4 -u zimbra -h ldap://bathroomsmith.com:389 -f /opt/zimbra/conf/slapd.conf
@(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.3.21 (Jul 12 2006 18:03:52) $
build@build.liquidsys.com:/home/build/p4/main/ThirdParty/openldap/openldap-2.3.21/servers/slapd
daemon_init: ldap://bathroomsmith.com:389
daemon_init: listen on ldap://bathroomsmith.com:389
daemon_init: 1 listeners to open...
ldap_url_parse_ext(ldap://bathroomsmith.com:389)
daemon: bind(7) failed errno=99 (Cannot assign requested address)
slap_open_listener: failed on ldap://bathroomsmith.com:389
slapd stopped.
connections_destroy: nothing to destroy.
+ sleep 2
+ getpid
+ '[' -f /opt/zimbra/openldap/var/run/slapd.pid ']'
+ '[' x = x ']'
+ echo 'ERROR - failed to start slapd'
ERROR - failed to start slapd
+ echo ''

+ exit 1

So, it tells me it cannot assign to the requested address ... I am confused.
Can someone point me in the right direction?

[brian]

There are tons of posts on how to resolve dns and hostname problems but in summary it could be one of the following.

- Check to make sure nothing is already bound to port 389.
- /etc/hosts is setup correctly
- Make sure bathroomsmith.com resolves to an ip address that is assigned to one of the local interfaces.