Re: Despite using "-r", ldapdelete always ends with a "subtree delete not supported error"

[Safdar Kureishy <safdar.kureishy@gmail.com>]

Great thanks. Would you know if the Windows port for 2.3 will be
available anytime soon?


On 4/22/05, Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it> wrote:
> Safdar Kureishy wrote:
> 
> >All,
> >
> >I imported a lot of data into OpenLDAP, and when I try to delete all
> >this data, I am encountering 3 problems.
> >
> >This is the command that I issue:
> >ldapdelete -v -r -H ldap://localhost:389 -P 3 -D
> >"cn=Manager,dc=CustomerData,dc=MyCompany,dc=com" -w password -x -c -f
> >"c:\delete.list"
> >
> >,and 'delete.list' contains only one dn:
> >"dc=CustomerData,dc=MyCompany,dc=com"
> >
> >1) It seems like the deletion is going through just fine, but at the
> >end of the operation I always get this error:
> >ldap_initialize( ldap://localhost:389 )
> >deleting entry "dc=CustomerData,dc=MyCompany,dc=com"
> >deleting children of: dc=CustomerData,dc=MyCompany,dc=com
> >Delete Result: Operation not allowed on non-leaf (66)
> >Additional info: subtree delete not supported
> >
> >I'm using the -r flag so am not sure why this should still be
> >happening. Any idea what else might be causing this?
> >
> >2) Perhaps due to # 1, the actual entry that I try to delete -
> >"dc=CustomerData,dc=MyCompany,dc=com" - never gets deleted. All other
> >entries below it get deleted though this one remains.
> >
> >3) When I try to issue an "ldapdelete" command again on this remaining
> >entry, I again get the error in # 1 (with and without the -r flag).
> >
> >Am I missing something?
> >
> >
> >
> Yes: <http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=3385>; in
> essence, it's a syncrepl related issue that's now fixed in OpenLDAP 2.3;
> I don't think it is in 2.2.
> 
> p.
> 
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