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Re: ldapmodify return ldap_simple_bind_s error

To: "Stephen Carvile" <Stephen.Carvile@trw.com>
Subject: Re: ldapmodify return ldap_simple_bind_s error
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:32:36 -0800
Cc: <openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org>
In-reply-to: <Pine.WNT.4.31.0101291600010.196-100000@p25585314-nt.dh.trw .com>

At 06:13 PM 1/29/01 +0000, Stephen Carvile wrote:
>ldapmodify -D "cn=Directory Manager,o=trw.com" -a -f users.ldif
>ldap_simple_bind_s: No such object.

This means the directory name you are attempting to bind
as ("cn=Directory Manager,o=trw.com") does not exist.  I
note that a more appropriate result code would be "invalid
credentials" but some servers, such as OpenLDAP 1.x, return
no such object for historical reasons.

Kurt

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