Re: Building an LDAP database "for dummies"

[Jonathan Coles <jcoles0727@rogers.com>]

Howard Chu wrote:

> So - "What is this tree?" - the tree is the structure you design to 
> contain the data you're going to store. Schema is just a description 
> of what kinds of data will be recognized by the server, but it doesn't 
> say anything about the location of the data. The tree structure gives 
> you the location.

But WHERE is this structure I design? Is it the statements in my LDIF 
file? Is it in slapd.conf? That file includes a suffix statement and 
some include statements for schema files. Is the schema the definition 
of the hierarchy?

I understand the concept of hierarchy. Do I have to define everything up 
to the entire universe? There is an "objectClass: top" statement that 
should allow me to stop at some lower level.

My hierarchy is:

 This database
         Users with attributes such as email address, phone number, etc.

My suffix statement (organization is the top of my hierarchy):
suffix o=MyOrg

My LDIF (just one user entry):

dn: o=MyOrg
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organization
o: MyOrg

dn: cn=A User,o=MyOrg
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organization
givenName: A
sn: User
cn: A User
mail: auser@hotmail.com
o: MyOrg

I run:

ldapadd -v -f /home/jont/ldap/myaddr.ldif -h thispc -p 389 -x

result:

add objectclass:
	top
	person
	organization
add o:
	MyOrg
adding new entry "o=MyOrg"
ldap_add: No such object

It would help if the error message stated WHICH object doesn't exist.