Re: what the...?

[Alex Turner <root@maaco.com>]

hmm... bizarre.

I put that entry in my database with no problems.  (Although I changed the
dc=benshaw,dc=com to my own suffix)

I wish I could help, but alas I'm a newbie too :(

Alex T.

On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

> > > dn: mail=akohlsmith@benshaw.com, dc=benshaw, dc=com
> > > Objectclass: top
> > > objectClass: person
> > > locality: Listowel
> > > cn: Andrew Kohlsmith
> > > cn: Andrew
> > > sn: Kohlsmith
> 
> > You might want to add objectclass: inetOrgPerson which contains the mail
> > attribute.
> 
> didn't work...  the entry now looks like
> 
> dn: mail=akohlsmith@benshaw.com, dc=benshaw, dc=com
> Objectclass: top
> objectClass: person
> objectclass: inetorgperson
> locality: Listowel
> cn: Andrew Kohlsmith
> cn: Andrew
> sn: Kohlsmith
> mail: akohlsmith@benshaw.com
> 
> something I did notice, however...  neither the objectclass 'inetorgperson'
> nor the attribute 'mail' existed in my slapd.oc.conf or slapd.at.conf,
> respectively.  I added them but still no dice.
> 
> I do apologise for this newbie question but I'm unable to find why this
> doesn't work anywhere else, nor have I been able to find reference on the
> 'net how to set up a simple database and make it work!
> 
> I've been to the faq-o-matic on openldap.org, searched dozens of newsgroups
> and the done the whole web search thing.  Everyone seems to assume that you
> know how to set it up.  :-)
> 
> Andrew
>