CANT ADD SLAPADD

• To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
• Subject: Can't slapadd ldif file
• From: Phil Dibowitz <phil@ipom.com>
• Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:53:37 -0800
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So first and foremost, I"m really new to ldap. I'm trying to setup an expiramental server, learn my way around, and eventually deploy it for a small group of unix boxen for authentication, hosts, protocols, name service, and the like.

So the server is running RedHat 7.3 with the latest patches. I installed OpenLDAP via RPMs (openldap, openldap-client, openldap-server, openldap-devel if I remember correctly), and based on a few HowTo's I found, I made a sample LDIF file:

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dn: o=example.com,c=US
o: example.com
objectclass: organization
objectclass: top

dn: cn=Manager,o=example.com,c=US
cn: Manager
sn: Manager
objectclass: person
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Which I tried to add with:

slapadd -l example.ldif

to which I got:
slapadd: dn="o=example.com,c=US" (line=4): object class 'organization' requires attribute 'o'


But as you can see I have an o attribute. Also sometimes I would get a line error on blank lines... but it doesn't seem to be regularly reproducable.

Lastly, the howto I read actually said to use ldif2ldbm prior to starting the server instead of slapadd after starting server, but the RPMs don't seem to come with an ldif2ldbm, so I chose this route instead. As far as I can tell that should be OK, right?

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