RE: Corrupt data

[Jason Bodnar <jbodnar@dev.tivoli.com>]

Thanks for all the responses. The blank lines definitely make sense but they're
omitted from the UMich LDAP Administrators Guide. If the openldap crew is
involved with the guide? Hopefully, somebody can correct this.

On 21-May-99 MCGARRAHAN, KENNETH L (SWBT) wrote:
> All of your data has been stored under a single entry ID (the "1" preceding
> your data in the ldbmcat output). Add blank lines between each of your
> entries in the LDIF file and recreate your database. Here's my
> interpretation of what your LDIF should look like:
> 
> dn: o=Tivoli Systems
> o: Tivoli Systems
> objectclass: organization
> 
> dn: ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=internal, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: internal
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=IBM, ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: IBM
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=notes, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: notes
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> dn: ou=web, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: web
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> You should be happier with the results.
> 
> 
> 
> Ken McGarrahan
> Southwestern Bell Telephone
> *     E-Mail: km4155@sbc.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Bodnar [mailto:jbodnar@dev.tivoli.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 7:00 PM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Corrupt data
> 
> 
> I just installed openldap on what's going to be our production server. My
> slapd.conf looks like:
> 
> include         /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.
> include         /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.oc.conf
> include         /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/tivoli.at.conf
> include         /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/tivoli.oc.conf
> schemacheck     on
> 
> pidfile         /opt/openldap/var/slapd.pid
> argsfile        /opt/openldap/var/slapd.args
> 
>#######################################################################
># ldbm database definitions
>#######################################################################
> 
> database        ldbm
> suffix          "o=Tivoli Systems"
> directory       /opt/openldap/data
> rootdn          "cn=root, o=Tivoli Systems"
> rootpw          {crypt}********************
> 
> I set up the initial tree structure using ldif2ldbm. My ldif file looks
> like:
> 
> dn: o=Tivoli Systems
> o: Tivoli Systems
> objectclass: organization
> dn: ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=internal, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: internal
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=IBM, ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: IBM
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=notes, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: notes
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=web, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: web
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> No problems with any of the above. I cranked up slapd on port 9000. 
> 
> When I do 'ldapsearch -p 9000 -b 'o=Tivoli Systems' 'objectclass=*' I get:
> 
> o=Tivoli Systems
> o=Tivoli Systems
> objectclass=organizationalUnit
> ou=web
> ou=groups
> 
> Obviously, somethings not right here. If I do ldbmcat id2entry.gdbm I get:
> 
> 1
> dn: o=Tivoli Systems
> o: Tivoli Systems
> objectclass: organization
> dn: ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=internal, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: internal
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=IBM, ou=external, ou=people, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: IBM
> ou: external
> ou: people
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=notes, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: notes
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> dn: ou=web, ou=groups, o=Tivoli Systems
> ou: web
> ou: groups
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> 
> This looks right, but I'm not sure what the 1 on the first line of results
> means.
> 
> So, why is my data wrong when I use ldapsearch?
> ---
> Jason Bodnar + jbodnar@tivoli.com + Tivoli Systems
> 
> [Another Normism ...]
> What's the story, Mr. Peterson?
> The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery. Let's just cut to the happy ending.

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