Re: Really confusing responses (was: Re: Can't slapadd ldif file)

[Igor Brezac <igor@ipass.net>]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Phil Dibowitz wrote:

> OK, after a short vacation I'm back, and still having problems.
>
> I deleted the database (/etc/init.d/openldap stop; rm /var/lib/ldap/*;
> /etc/init.d/openldap start), and try and add the simple record again:
>
> # more example.ldif
> dn: dc=example,dc=com,c=US
> objectclass: organization
> objectclass: top
> o: example.com
> # ldapadd -f example.ldif
> ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such attribute

You proly want to do 'ldapadd -x -f example.ldif'.

> #
>
> Ingo recommended I move the objectclass above the o, so I did, and while
> it seemed to work beefore, it doesn't work now (also thanks to Todd for
> having me change o= to dc= and split based on dot.)
>
> Also, Yarry asked:
>
> I'm jumping into the middle of the conversation here. Have you told us
> which schema's you're including?  grep the schema files for the
> objectclasses
> and attributes in your ldif file and make sure you've included them.
>
> # grep include /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/rfc822-MailMember.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/autofs.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/kerberosobject.schema
>
> objectclass and o are both available in those files.
>
> And just now I decided to restart ldap again and try again and I get:
>
> # slapadd -f example.ldif
> No databases found in config file

This command tells slapadd to use example.ldif as a configuration file,
normally slapd.conf.  Try 'slapadd -l example.ldif'

> So now it doesn't work in a DIFFERENT way then before! WTF??
>
> I'm running RedHat 7.3, latest updates, and these RPMs from Redhat:
>
> openldap-devel-2.0.23-4
> openldap-clients-2.0.23-4
> nss_ldap-189-4
> openldap-servers-2.0.23-4
> openldap-2.0.23-4
>
> I'm REALLY confused...
>
>

-- 
Igor