RE: parent does not exist

["oberwetter, josh" <joberwetter@grownetwork.com>]

Oops I sent you the wrong FAQ entry. See http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/157.html instead.

Here is my first guess: have you added the parent dn: ou=Groups,o=University of Michigan,c=US?

-----Original Message-----
From: Leila Lappin [mailto:galaxylappin@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:05 AM
To: oberwetter, josh
Cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: parent does not exist

Hi Josh,

 

Thank you for your answers.  I didn't see a 'Michigan list',  under the mailing list section.  There's a 'general'  list but it seems to be closed.  

 

In regard to my question as you suggested I'm sending the slapd.conf and a part of the  ldif file because it's very long.

 

<<<<<<<<<<<<< slapd.conf >>>>>>>>>>

 

# $OpenLDAP$
#
# stand-alone slapd config -- for testing
# with indexing
#
include d:/openLDAP/schema/core.schema
include d:/openLDAP/schema/cosine.schema
include d:/openLDAP/schema/inetorgperson.schema
schemacheck on
pidfile     d:/openLDAP/test-db/slapd.pid
argsfile    d:/openLDAP/test-db/slapd.args

 

#######################################################################
# ldbm database definitions
#######################################################################

 

database ldbm
suffix  "o=University of Michigan, c=US"
directory d:/openLDAP/test-db
rootdn  "cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US"
rootpw  secret
index  objectclass eq
index  uid pres,eq,sub
index  cn,sn pres,eq,sub,subany
dbnosync
dbnolocking

 

 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ldif file   (partial) >>>>>>

 

dn: cn=All Staff,ou=Groups,o=University of Michigan,c=US
member: cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Barbara Jensen, ou=Information Technology Division, ou=People, o=Un
 iversity of Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Jane Doe, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of Michiga
 n, c=US
member: cn=John Doe, ou=Information Technology Division, ou=People, o=Universi
 ty of Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Mark Elliot, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of Mich
 igan, c=US
member: cn=James A Jones 1, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of
 Michigan, c=US
member: cn=James A Jones 2, ou=Information Technology Division, ou=People, o=U
 niversity of Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Jennifer Smith, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of M
 ichigan, c=US
member: cn=Dorothy Stevens, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of
 Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Ursula Hampster, ou=Alumni Association, ou=People, o=University of
 Michigan, c=US
member: cn=Bjorn Jensen, ou=Information Technology Division, ou=People, o=Univ
 ersity of Michigan, c=US
owner: cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US
cn: All Staff
description: Everyone in the sample data
objectclass: groupofnames

----- Original Message -----

From: oberwetter, josh

To: 'Leila Lappin'

Cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org

Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:21 AM

Subject: RE: parent does not exist

See comments below.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leila Lappin [mailto:galaxylappin@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:28 PM
To: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Fw: parent does not exist

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Leila Lappin

To: openldap-devel@OpenLDAP.org

Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:12 AM

Subject: parent does not exist

Hello all,

 

I'm new to openLDAP (one week) and since I downloaded and installed the package on my NT machine I have been reading a lot of the documents on openldap site.  I'm running my second test that came with the package and have some question.  If anyone could help me with the answers or where to find comprehensive source of information (a book for people new to the subject) I would greately appreciate.
[oberwetter, josh] For a general intro to LDAP, I read "Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services" by Timothy Howes et al, and I often refer to the various RFCs. But you should send general LDAP questions to the Michigan list.

Answers to OpenLDAP questions can be found in the mailing list archives, the Admin guide, the FAQ, and whatever (mis)information is lying around the web. There is no comprehensive source of info for OpenLDAP, unless you get to know the code :-)

 

I'm working with openldap2.0.11.  I am trying to run one of the test under (\openldap-2.0.11\tests\data\ ) and get the following error on the client:

 

    adding new entry "cn=All Staff,ou=Groups,o=University of Michigan,c=US"
    ldap_add: No such object
    ldif_record() = 32
[oberwetter, josh] Perhaps somebody else knows exactly what tests you're running. The first tests that I ran are described here http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/quickstart.html

Send us the contents of d:\openLDAP\test.ldif up to & including the entry that fails (cn=All Staff,...), so that people who aren't familiar with the specific test can help debug this common error.

Or, you might be able to help yourself using the FAQ http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/343.html

 

I am issuing the command:

 

   ldapmodify -a -x -v -D "cn=Manager, o=University of Michigan, c=US" -W -f d:\openLDAP\test.ldif

 

Chasing through the diagnostics it seems an attempt is made to add cn=All since it's the parent level of cn=Manager.  Then why am I getting 

            

                parent does not exist

 

on the server side?

 

thanks in advance for any help