Re: Help figuring out what is causing this log entry

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Kelvin Jones wrote: 
> My syslog is being filled up with 
> 
> Jan  7 00:10:06 magpie slapd[9168]: slap_global_control: unrecognized control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.16
> Jan  7 00:10:06 magpie slapd[9168]: slap_global_control: unrecognized control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.16
> Jan  7 00:10:06 magpie slapd[9168]: slap_global_control: unrecognized control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.16
> Jan  7 00:10:06 magpie slapd[9168]: slap_global_control: unrecognized control: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.16
> 
> What is causing this? I have googled this log entry a number of times but have found no solution. We are running Debian nine.
> 

slapd is an LDAP directory/authentication server. 

1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.666.5.16 is the identifier for a control called
"deref".

slapd is probably looking for an overlay called slapo-deref.

I don't know much more than that.

-dsr-