Re: ldap_add: Strong(er) authentication required

["Prince.A.P" <pphilip@npd.hcltech.com>]

Hi Shaick,

thank u for ur time...
my rootdn is "". when i try with as u mentioned i'm getting the error,

ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

but i could able to work with just ldapadd -x- f root.ldif in LDAP 2.0.25
why that is not possible in the 2.1.21??
should i need any other entry in the slapd.conf??

expecting responses,

thanks,
prince



Shaick wrote:

> Hello prince,
>
> The ldapadd command should be like,
>
> ldapadd -x  -f root.ldif -D "<YOUR ROOTDN VALUE>" -w secret
>
> Regards,
> -Shaick.
>
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >  I have a problem with adding ldap entries with openldap-2.1.21.
> > >  I have a file with the required entries to add and when I issue the
> > >  command
> > >  "ldapadd -x  -f root.ldif", it says the following error
> > >
> > >  adding new entry "dc=sipLS"
> > >  ldapadd: update failed: dc=sipLS
> > >  ldap_add: Strong(er) authentication required (8)
> > >         additional info: modifications require authentication
> > >
> > >  I have no authentication enabled in slapd.conf file and I don't need
> > >  any. I hav rootpw as 'secret' in my slapd.conf file.With previous
> > > versions(openldap-2.0.25) everything works fine for me with my schema
> > > file. Is there any Authentication related changes in the new version??
> > >  my root.ldif file content is
> > >
> > >  dn: dc=ipLS
> > >  objectClass: ipAor
> > >
> > >  Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >  thanks,
> > >  prince
> >
> >
> >