Re: ldapadd: Naming violation & alias

[Dustin Doris <openldap@mail.doris.cc>]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Emmanuel.Leguy wrote:

> Hello,
>
> OS: solaris 9
> OpenLDAP: 2.1.22
> gdbm: 1.8.3
>
> I've just installed openldap 2.1.22 in replacement of version 2.0.xx. I
> can't use gdbm files so i want to make an new db by importing from a
> ldif file with ldapadd. Here is my command:
>
> ldapadd -r -x -D "cn=Manager, ou=Labo, dc=university,dc=fr" -W -f
> export.ldif
>
> It crashes on an alias entry. Here is the error:
>
> adding new entry "cn=Machin Bidule, ou=HOP,ou=Labo, dc=university, dc=fr"
> ldap_add: Naming violation
>         additional info: naming attribute 'cn' is not present in entry

failed because no cn

>
> Here is the ldif entry:
>
> dn: cn=Machin Bidule, ou=HOP,ou=Labo, dc=university, dc=fr
> objectClass: alias
> aliasedObjectName: cn=Machin Bidule,ou=HIP,ou=Labo,dc=university,dc=fr
>

no cn is in your ldif
add the cn

> I have no problem with version 2.0.xx.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Manu.
>