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RE: problems with importing LDIF file



Thanks Thomas, I already figured it out the hard way and have successfully
added my new attributes and objectclasses by including my schema file  in
etc/openldap/schema directory.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
[mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Hager
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 8:22 AM
To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: problems with importing LDIF file


On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 18:28, Jack Leong wrote:
> The extract from my LDIF file is as follows:
>
> attributetype ( 2.16.840.1.113719.1.186.4.1
> 		NAME 'myTestAttribute'
> 		DESC 'my test attribute description'
> 		EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
> 		SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
> 		SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 )

that's not an ldif record, it's an attributetype specification. these
usually reside in schema files in your /etc/openldap/schema directory,
e.g. the core.schema. if included in your slapd.conf, these schema
definitions are loaded on startup. you cannot add them with ldapadd.

an ldif record looks as follows:

dn: cn=Barbara J Jensen,dc=example,dc=com
cn: Barbara J Jensen
cn: Babs Jensen
objectClass: person
sn: Jensen

have a look on the openldap administrators guide for detailed
information:

http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/

regards,
tom.