Fwd: Re: NEWBIE - no data back from query

[Joe Novielli <jnoviell@matrox.com>]

I had a case where I got the same error ("ldap_search: No such object").

It turned out to be spaces at the end of some lines in my ldif file (also 
check spaces before a new line).

I removed the spaces and all worked fine.

But Kurt is right (after all he does make the software), a search base 
should be specified


> At 04:16 PM 7/12/99 +1000, Mark Harvey wrote:
> >Sorry if this is not the correct list (please advise correct list) for
> >my problem.
>
> This is the right list.
>
> >I've built the openldap succesfully on Linux (RedHat v6) and make tests
> >pass OK.
> >
> >Following the "A Quick-Start Guide to running slapd" I get a response
> >from the ldapsearch program of "ldap_search: No such object".
>
> This is commonly caused by not specifying a search base (-b)
> on your ldapsearch command.   See our FAQ for hints.
>
> >The ldif2ldmb seemed to build the database correctly and I do have
> >several files in /var/tmp.
>
> That's a good sign.  However, I recommend using ldapadd() to import
> entries into your directory.  ldif2ldbm doesn't do any ldif or
> schema checks (it's designed to work in conjunction with ldbmcat).
>
> >A "strings" of the files in /var/tmp does have the data in them.
>
> Probably a case of bad ldif.  Use ldapadd.
>
> Kurt

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