Re: bdb_dn2id: get failed: DB_NOTFOUND

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Howard Chu wrote:

> Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
>
> > jay alvarez wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried copying and pasting the example on quick start
> > > guide. All of them, the slapd.conf, example.ldiff, and
> > > yet after entering the ldap password 'secret':
> > >
> > > ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -W -f
> > > example.ldif
> > >
> > > I got this error:
> > >
> > > adding new entry "dc=example,dc=com "
> > > ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21)
> > >        additional info: objectclass: value #0 invalid
> > > per syntax
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's the content of my ldiff:
> > > dn: dc=example,dc=com
> > > objectclass: dcObject
> > > objectclass: organization
> > > o: Example Company
> > > dc: example
> > >
> > > dn: cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com
> > > objectclass: organizationalRole
> > > cn: Manager
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's my slapd.conf:
> > >
> > > include        /usr/local/openldap/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
> > > pidfile         /usr/local/openldap/var/run/slapd.pid
> > > argsfile        /usr/local/openldap/var/run/slapd.args
> > > access to * by * read
> > > loglevel -1
> > > backend bdb
> > > database bdb
> > > suffix "dc=example,dc=com"
> > > rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com"
> > > rootpw secret
> > > directory /usr/local/openldap/var/openldap-data
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > and here's a snippet of my /var/log/debug.log where I
> > > got that Subject "bdb_dn2id", which I think might be
> > > the portion where the error occured:
> > >
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: daemon: select:
> > > listen=7 active_threads=0 tvp=NULL
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: do_add
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: >>>
> > > dnPrettyNormal: <dc=example,dc=com >
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: <<<
> > > dnPrettyNormal: <dc=example,dc=com>,
> > > <dc=example,dc=com>
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: do_add: dn
> > > (dc=example,dc=com)
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: conn=8 op=1 ADD
> > > dn="dc=example,dc=com"
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]:
> > > bdb_dn2entry("dc=example,dc=com")
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: => bdb_dn2id(
> > > "dc=example,dc=com" )
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: <= bdb_dn2id: get
> > > failed: DB_NOTFOUND: No matching key/data pair found
> > > (-30989)
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: send_ldap_result:
> > > conn=8 op=1 p=3
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: send_ldap_result:
> > > err=21 matched="" text="objectclass: value #0 invalid
> > > per syntax"
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]:
> > > send_ldap_response: msgid=2 tag=105 err=21
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: conn=8 op=1
> > > RESULT tag=105 err=21 text=objectclass: value #0
> > > invalid per syntax
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: daemon: activity
> > > on 1 descriptors
> > > Jun  9 18:04:07 gaheris slapd[1565]: daemon: activity
> > > on:
> > >  
> >
> > likely it's a permissions problem on the directory/files of the 
> > database.  What user did create them what user slapd is running as, 
> > what's the permissions on the files/directory?
> No, there's no permissions error here. The bdb_dn2id failure is normal 
> for an Add operation - it is checking to see if the entry exists 
> before allowing it to be added. The "objectclass: value#0 invalid" 
> error message is the true error - his LDIF file has a trailing space 
> at the end of "dcObject".

Right, I didn't realize the other message occurre because the database 
didn't exist, the suffix entry was being added.

p.



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