diff -Nur e-smith-ldap-5.4.0/root/var/service/ldap/run e-smith-ldap-5.4.0_bz8635/root/var/service/ldap/run
--- e-smith-ldap-5.4.0/root/var/service/ldap/run	2014-11-11 01:55:37.613000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-ldap-5.4.0_bz8635/root/var/service/ldap/run	2014-11-11 01:59:11.661000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     setuidgid ldap /usr/bin/db_recover -v -h /var/lib/ldap
 fi
 
+# Make sure all DB files belongs to ldap:ldap
+find /var/lib/ldap -not -name DB_CONFIG -exec chown ldap:ldap {} \;
+
 loglevel=$(/sbin/e-smith/config getprop ldap LogLevel || echo 256)
 
 # Now run daemon