" Received invalid signal -1 " error seen in the ndsd.log file.

  • 3422549
  • 06-Sep-2006
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 for Linux
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8

Situation

The ndsd.log file is contantly being written to with the error: "Received invalid signal -1." Eventually it consumes all disk space on /.

Resolution

The error was being returned by an eDirectory background process due to eDirectory being run on an unsupported platform. eDirectory was running on Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 8 64 bit. eDirectory 8.7.3 is supported on SLES 9 64 bit only if patched to 8.7.3.8. There will be no support for eDirectory running on SLES 8 64 bit.