Re: newbie still: ldapdelete: why won't it.

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

See the example in ldapdelete(1)...

        Kurt

At 12:04 PM 2/15/2006, Mark Worsdall wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>
>Trying to delete an entry, so here is the results of search
>
>jdw@thoth:~$ ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=shadshed,dc=com' '(objectclass=*)'
>
># extended LDIF
>#
># LDAPv3
># base <dc=shadshed,dc=com> with scope sub
># filter: (objectclass=*)
># requesting: ALL
>#
>
># shadshed.com
>dn: dc=shadshed,dc=com
>objectClass: top
>objectClass: dcObject
>objectClass: organization
>o: Shadow Robot Company
>dc: shadshed
>
># admin, shadshed.com
>dn: cn=admin,dc=shadshed,dc=com
>objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
>objectClass: organizationalRole
>cn: admin
>description: LDAP administrator
>
># jdw, People, shadshed.com
>dn: uid=jdw,ou=People,dc=shadshed,dc=com
>uid: jdw
>cn: Mark Worsdall
>objectClass: account
>objectClass: posixAccount
>objectClass: top
>objectClass: shadowAccount
>shadowLastChange: 13193
>shadowMax: 99999
>shadowWarning: 7
>loginShell: /bin/bash
>uidNumber: 1010
>gidNumber: 1010
>homeDirectory: /home/jdw
>gecos: worsdall,,,,,,
>
># search result
>search: 2
>result: 0 Success
>
># numResponses: 4
># numEntries: 3
>
>
>Want to delete the # jdw, People, shadshed.com entry.
>
>Tried:
>
>ldapdelete -x -w Fl0Cabs -D cn=admin,dc=shadshed,dc=com "dn: uid=jdw,ou=People,dc=shadshed,dc=com"
>
>but got
>
>Delete Result: Invalid DN syntax (34)
>Additional info: invalid DN
>
>
>I thought that the dn (Distinguished name) would be:
>dn: uid=jdw,ou=People,dc=shadshed,dc=com
>
>So I pasted that onto the end of ldapdelete line.
>
>The command (ldapdelete ) and don't use SASL (-x) and this is the password (-w Fl0Cabs) for the admin user who we are going to bind with
>(-D cn=admin,dc=shadshed,dc=com) and delete this dn entry:
>uid=jdw,ou=People,dc=shadshed,dc=com"
>
>
>Have I complete mis-understood?
>
>
>-- 
>Mark Worsdall