What were you trying to do that didn't work?

Make slapd run as a different user (i.e. not ldap)

Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

openldap-servers-2.6.6-3.el9.x86_64

How reproducible:

Every time.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install openldap-servers
2. Create /etc/sysconfig/slapd with content of SLAPD_USER=slapd
3. Attempt to start slapd.

Expected results

slapd process to run as the slapd user

Actual results

slapd process attempts to start as ldap user still.

Additional Info

The systemd service file has hardcoded to start as the ldap user.

/usr/lib/systemd/system/slapd.service

ExecStart=/usr/sbin/slapd -u ldap -h "ldap:/// ldaps:/// ldapi:///"

If I create an override including the EnvironmentFile and replacing the ExecStart like so:

/etc/systemd/system/slapd.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/slapd
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/slapd -h "ldap:/// ldaps:/// ldapi:///" -u $SLAPD_USER

The slapd correctly runs as the user slapd.

(Sorry I missed anything, first time reporting here!).