Re: ldapadd: invalid per syntax

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 01:02 PM 2002-05-31, Keith Edmunds wrote:
>When I try to create the initial entry to my database with ldapadd I am
>getting the following error:
>
>========================================================================
>zaphod # ldapadd -f /tmp/test -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=kaetesting,dc=com" -W
>Enter LDAP Password: 
>adding new entry "dc=kaetesting,dc=com"
>
>adding new entry "cn=Manager,dc=kaetesting,dc=com"
>
>adding new entry "ou=Business,dc=kaetesting,dc=com"
>ldap_add: Undefined attribute type
>        additional info: dn: attribute type undefined
>
>ldif_record() = 17
>zaphod # 
>========================================================================
>
>It looks to me as if my LDAP server does not recognise 'ou' as a valid
>attribute - could this be the case?

No. the message says the 'dn' attribute type is undefined.
There, of course, is no 'dn' attribute type defined.

Your problem is likely lack of line separation between entries
or CR/LF related.

>The files /tmp/test and slapd.conf
>are below, and I'd be really grateful for any pointers to help me fix
>this.
>
>Thanks,
>Keith
>
>/tmp/test:
>
>dn: dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>objectclass: dcObject
>objectclass: organization
>o: KAE testing
>dc: kaetesting
>
>dn: cn=Manager,dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>objectclass: organizationalRole
>cn: Manager
>
>dn: ou=Business,dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>ou: Business
>objectclass: organizationalunit
> 
>dn: ou=Personal,dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>ou: Personal
>objectclass: organizationalunit
> 
>n: cn=John Doe,ou=Business,dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>cn: John Doe
>sn: Doe
>mail: john@doe.com
>objectclass: person
>
>n: cn=Jane Donut,ou=Personal,dc=kaetesting,dc=com
>cn: Jane Donut
>sn: Donut
>mail: jane@donut.com
>objectclass: person
>
>========================================================================
>
>slapd.conf (comments removed):
>
>include         /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
>include         /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
>include         /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
>
>pidfile         /var/state/slapd.pid
>argsfile        /var/state/slapd.args
>
>defaultaccess   read
>
>loglevel 2016
>
>backend ldbm
>
>database        ldbm
>
>rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=kaetesting,dc=com"
>
>rootpw          <removed>
>
>suffix          "dc=kaetesting,dc=com"
>
>index   default pres,eq
>index   objectClass,uid