diff -Nur e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/gentle-ldap-dump e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/gentle-ldap-dump
--- e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/gentle-ldap-dump	2002-10-02 20:02:37.000000000 +0200
+++ e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/gentle-ldap-dump	2010-12-30 19:30:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 use esmith::ConfigDB;
 use esmith::util;
 
+# Stop now if slapd.conf has syntax error
+unless (system("/usr/sbin/slaptest -u 2>/dev/null") == 0){
+    die "Aborting ldap dump because of errors in slapd.conf\n";
+}
+
 my $c = esmith::ConfigDB->open_ro;
 my $domain = $c->get('DomainName')
     || die("Couldn't determine domain name");
diff -Nur e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/ldap-dump e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/ldap-dump
--- e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/ldap-dump	2003-04-16 17:43:23.000000000 +0200
+++ e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/ldap-dump	2010-12-30 19:29:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 use Errno;
 use esmith::ConfigDB;
 
+# Stop now if slapd.conf has syntax error
+unless (system("/usr/sbin/slaptest -u 2>/dev/null") == 0){
+    die "Aborting ldap dump because of errors in slapd.conf\n";
+}
+
 my $domain = esmith::ConfigDB->open->get('DomainName')
     || die("Couldn't determine domain name");
 $domain = $domain->value;
diff -Nur e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/var/service/ldap/finish e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/var/service/ldap/finish
--- e-smith-ldap-5.2.0/root/var/service/ldap/finish	2005-03-23 18:36:25.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-ldap-5.2.0_ldif/root/var/service/ldap/finish	2010-12-30 19:28:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-exec /usr/sbin/slapcat -l ldif
+/usr/sbin/slaptest -u 2>/dev/null && exec /usr/sbin/slapcat -l ldif