ITS#10143 only slapd should use the logfile

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index dd105db32f7fc060b0e048f4ed152767b3bb4ccb..c1fa9c4eb10d496599658dd0775b6183ed66f232 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -564,12 +564,13 @@ see
 option description.  The default is 71.
 .TP
 .B olcLogFile: <filename>
-Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. By default these messages
-only go to stderr, are not recorded anywhere else, and are unrelated to
-messages exposed by the
+Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. These messages are
+unrelated to messages exposed by the
 .B olcLogLevel
-configuration parameter. Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr
-and the logfile.
+configuration parameter. This setting only affects the slapd daemon and has
+no effect on the command line tools. By default these messages
+only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else.
+Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
 .TP
 .B olcLogFileFormat: debug | syslog-utc | syslog-localtime
 Specify the prefix format for messages written to the logfile. The debug

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index c7344b234e61001cb3c28096da228a0334dff774..36622d5b67050e43ae81feb96a804bdacb5ce502 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -618,12 +618,13 @@ see
 option description.  The default is 71.
 .TP
 .B logfile <filename>
-Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. By default these messages
-only go to stderr, are not recorded anywhere else, and are unrelated to
-messages exposed by the
+Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. These messages are
+unrelated to messages exposed by the
 .B loglevel
-configuration parameter. Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr
-and the logfile.
+configuration parameter. This setting only affects the slapd daemon and has
+no effect on the command line tools. By default these messages
+only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else.
+Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
 .TP
 .B logfile-format debug | syslog-utc | syslog-localtime
 Specify the prefix format for messages written to the logfile. The debug

diff --git a/servers/slapd/logging.c b/servers/slapd/logging.c
index 7dc33bde3fc24993809ae973d614057dccd637c6..95f7ff2500233d2b31097448181d486db56787c2 100644 (file)
--- a/servers/slapd/logging.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/logging.c
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ logfile_open( const char *path )
        struct stat st;
        int fd, saved_errno;
 
+       /* the logfile is for slapd only, not tools */
+       if ( !( slapMode & SLAP_SERVER_MODE ))
+               return 0;
+
        fd = open( path, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY, 0640 );
        if ( fd < 0 ) {
                saved_errno = errno;