kalpesh thakkar wrote: [...] > adding new entry "cn=Chetan Panchal, dc=example, dc=com" > ldap_add: Object class violation > additional info: attribute 'mail' not allowed [...] > objectClass: person [...] As ldapadd said, attribute 'mail' not allowed for a 'person'. You could use e.g. 'inetOrgPerson' instead. HTH, Jukka -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~