Re: Adding entries

[Daniel Tiefnig <openldap@qmail.infonova.at>]

""Casio"" <tim@casson-smith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote...
> Here is what I am trying to add:
>
> dn: cn=Fred Smith,dc=localserver,dc=com
> objectclass: person
> cn: Fred
> cn: Freddy
> mail: fred@smith.net
> uid: fsmith
> sn: Smith
>
> I type the following to add it :
> # ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=localserver,dc=com" -w secret <manager
> and this gives me:
> adding new entry "cn=Mark Stancill,dc=localserver,dc=com"
> ldap_add: Object class violation
>         additional info: attribute not allowed

have a look at the schema definition/syntax in ~/etc/openldap/schema/,
objectclass "person" (defined in core.schema) doesn't allow attributes "uid"
and "mail"

> Also when trying to access an entry by using Outlook in windows, I have
> set up a directory server, gave it the name localserver.com
> (dc=localserver,dc=com). If I have access * to * read do I need to have
> a login in outlook and if so is it Manager and the password?.

don't think so.. if you specified read acces to * by * outlook can
browse/search/read the directory as anonymous, without specifying a
bind-DN/-PW..

daniel