Re: ldapadd error

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:50 AM -0500 Adam Williams 
<awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:

> Steve Feehan wrote:
> > Create an ldif file with the following content:
> >
> > dn: ou=People,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us
> > ou: People
> > objectClass: organizationalUnit
> >
> > Assuming the file is named people.ldif, you add it via the command:
> >
> > ldapadd -x -D "cn=adam,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us" -W \
> >     -h roark.mdah.state.ms.us -f people.ldif
> >
> > I hope I got all that right. ;)
> >
> > --
> > Steve Feehan
> Sorry, I'm getting the same error with that.
>
> cat people.ldif
> dn: ou=People,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us
> ou: People
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
>
> ldapadd -x -D "cn=adam,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us" -W -h
> roark.mdah.state.ms.us -f people.ldif
> Enter LDAP Password:
> adding new entry "ou=People,dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us"
> ldap_add: No such object (32)


Did you create "dc=mdah,dc=state,dc=ms,dc=us" ?

And as a side note, "ou" stands for Organizational Unit.  Most places do 
not consider "people" one of their organizational unites, and I doubt yours 
does either. ;)  I would suggest using "cn".

You may want to look at:

<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration/>

specifically the

<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration/base-ldif.html>

link.

--Quanah

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