Can you supply us with the slapcat dump of your directory ??? Regards Raed Nashef Consultant Analyst Network Planning Group BAX Global, Inc. Tel: 949.752.1212 x.2672 Email: rnashef@baxglobal.com http://www.baxglobal.com Leila Lappin <galaxylappin@com To: Raed Nashef <rnashef@baxglobal.com> cast.net> cc: "oberwetter, josh" <joberwetter@grownetwork.com>, OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org, owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org 03/06/2002 01:25 Subject: Re: parent does not exist PM Hi Raed, I added the following based on your suggestion I received. dn: ou=People and o=University were already defined in the ldif file. It still gives me the same error. I've attached the complete ldif file for anyone who's interested to take a look at it. As I said the files came with the downloaded openldap-2.0.11 version. May be I'll just go to my local bookstore and look for a book on ldap. (smiley here) thanks again <<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dn: ou=Groups,o=University of Michigan,c=US ou: Groups objectclass: organizationalUnit <<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dn: ou=People and o=University as defined in the file <<<<< <<<<<>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> dn: ou=People, o=University of Michigan, c=US objectclass: top objectclass: organizationalUnit ou: People dn: o=University of Michigan, c=US objectclass: top objectclass: organization objectclass: domainRelatedObject l: Ann Arbor, Michigan st: Michigan o: University of Michigan o: UMICH o: UM o: U-M o: U of M description: The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor postaladdress: University of Michigan $ 535 W. William St. $ Ann Arbor, MI 481 09 $ US telephonenumber: +1 313 764-1817 associateddomain: umich.edu <<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raed Nashef" <rnashef@baxglobal.com> To: "Leila Lappin" <galaxylappin@comcast.net> Cc: "oberwetter, josh" <joberwetter@grownetwork.com>; <OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org>; <owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: Re: parent does not exist > Leila, > > In your LDIF file I do not see where you're defining your organization, > and "organizationalUnit"s!!! > I'm also new to LDAP, but I believe that you will need to first define your > tree structure before loading the ldif file that you show in your email. > Something like the following first needs to be done: > > dn: o=University of Michigan, c=US > o: University of Michigan > objectclass: top > objectclass: organization > > dn: ou=Groups,o=University of Michigan,c=US > ou: Groups > objectclass: organizationalUnit > > dn: ou=People,o=University of Michigan,c=US > ou: People > objectclass: organizationalUnit > > dn: ou=Alumni Association,ou=People,o=University of Michigan,c=US > ou: Alumni Association > objectclass: organizationalUnit > > > Once you load the above ldif, your tree hierarchy is defined and you'll be > able to load the ldif file you mention in your email. > > Regards > > Raed Nashef > Consultant Analyst > Network Planning Group > BAX Global, Inc. > Tel: 949.752.1212 x.2672 > Email: rnashef@baxglobal.com > http://www.baxglobal.com > > > > Leila Lappin > <galaxylappin@comcast.n To: "oberwetter, josh" <joberwetter@grownetwork.com> > et> cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org > Subject: Re: parent does not exist > Sent by: > owner-openldap-software > @OpenLDAP.org > > > 03/05/2002 10:05 PM > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > (See attached file: testPack.ldif)
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