Re: problem with moddn

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

John Von Essen wrote:

> I have data in OpenLDAP like this:
>
> dn: uid=ejones,ou=trad,ou=students,ou=people,o=domain.com
> cn: Ed Jones
> givenName: Ed
> sn: Jones
> and so on...
>
> I want to change the ou's in the DN.
>
> dn: uid=ejones,ou=trad,ou=students,ou=people,o=domain.com
>
> gets changed to
>
> dn: uid=ejones,ou=faculty,ou=people,o=domain.com
>
> I created the following ldif file and executed ldapmodify -D "XXX" -w 
> XXX -x -v -f file.ldif
>
> dn: uid=ejones,ou=trad,ou=students,ou=people,o=domain.com
> changetype: moddn
> newrdn: uid=ejones,ou=faculty,ou=people,o=domain.com
>
> I get the error:
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> modifying rdn of entry 
> "uid=ejones,ou=trad,ou=students,ou=people,o=domain.com"
>         new RDN: "uid=ejones,ou=Staff,ou=People,o=eastern.edu " (do not 
> keep existing values)
> modrdn completed
> ldap_rename: Invalid DN syntax (34)
>         additional info: invalid new RDN
>
> I have tried changing newrdn to newdn?! But that just causes more errors:
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> ldapmodify: expecting "newrdn:" but saw "newdn:" (line 3 of entry 
> "uid=ejones,ou=trad,ou=students,ou=people,o=domain.com")
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction here? Thanks
> -John
Use ldapmodrdn instead?

"newrdn" means what it says - the value is supposed to be an RDN. You 
can't put a full DN in there. You want "newSuperior" for your purpose.
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