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Re: Object class violation when adding mail attribute



I should have noted that this question is answered in the
FAQ: <http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=650>http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=650

At 04:08 PM 4/13/2005, Kris Vassallo wrote:
>Hello all, 
>I am trying to add the mail attribute to all of my users so that I can use LDAP with postfix. I already have my users in the database (I added them using the padl script that generates an ldif from the /etc/passwd file). I am getting a "attribute 'mail' not allowed" error and I don't know why. Here are my details:
>
>Inside of my slapd.conf file I have included the following: core.schema, cosine.schema, inetorgperson.schema, nis.schema. I thought that with the inetorgperson, mail was a valid attribute?
>
>- I run the following command and get the following output:
># ldapmodify -v  -D "cn=admin,dc=xxxxxxxxxxx,dc=com" -xw xxxx -vf fixmail.ldif
>ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
>add mail:
>        <mailto:kris@berkeley-da.com>kris@xxxxxxxxxxx.com
>modifying entry "uid=kris,ou=people,dc=xxxxxxxxxxx,dc=com"
>ldapmodify: update failed: uid=kris,ou=people,dc=xxxxxxxxxxx,dc=com
>ldap_modify: Object class violation (65)
>        additional info: attribute 'mail' not allowed
>
>The contents of my ldif file that I am trying to use and the ldapsearch output for the 'kris' user can be seen at <http://spirit.linuxcertified.com/HELP.txt>http://spirit.linuxcertified.com/HELP.txt
>
>Thanks in advance for any help and apologize if this is a duplicate as I am having issues getting my messages through to the board. 
>
>-Kris