Re: Strange error when attempting to replace userPassword ...

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:28 AM 7/17/00 -0700, Anthony Brock wrote:
>Another strange thing happens when I attempt something like:
>
># ldapmodify -h machine-name -D "uid=myself,dc=domain,dc=name" -w mypassword
>dn: uid=targetuser,dc=domain,dc=name
>changetype: modify
>replace: userPassword
>userPassword: newpassword
>
>I receive a response such as:
>
>modifying entry "uid=targetuser,dc=domain,dc=name"
>ldap_modify: Undefined attribute type
>        additional info: attribute description contains inappropriate characters
>
>However, if I attempt the same command separately (I first delete the attribute, and THEN add in a separate command) then it works perfectly.
>
>Any ideas?  What is even more strange is that this worked fine with the attribute 'uniqueMember' (with the modifications in the slapd source code I posted earlier).

Server logs for this failing modify operation (-d 13) would be useful.