Re: ldap schema

["Dieter Kluenter" <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

slyle@plasticmoldings.com writes:

> What is the easy way / resources you know of to come up to speed on ldap 
> schema?
>
> I'm not finding a whole lo of support for understanding schema except to 
> read the schema files.
> Even then they are rather cryptic and difficult to relate to in functional 
> / actionable / practical information.
>
> There seems to be even less error trapping & reporting support from ldap 
> when ldapadd parses a ldif file.
> For example: I attempted to import:
> ---
> dn: uid=bbonzai,ou=People,dc=pmc
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: account
> objectClass: posixAccount
> objectClass: shadowAccount

> ---
> ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21)
>         additional info: objectClass: value #1 invalid per syntax
> ---
> Which of the four objectClasses above are in error?
> Which schema of the five default (from the slapd.conf included in the 
> installation of version 2.2.28) is being used to define the syntax so I 
> can lookup the correct schema?

The object class account will get you into trouble, as it is not what
you probably think it should be :-)
An account is not a person!
You are better off with object classes of the person chain,
inetorgperson would be a good choice.

-Dieter

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