Re: Inconsistent duplicate attributeType

[Aaron Richton <richton@nbcs.rutgers.edu>]

>  line 16: Inconsistent duplicate attributeType: "gidNumber"
> Why?
> my full schema:
[...]
> attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7006.1.2.1.4 NAME 'gidNumber'

Because gidNumber is multiply defined. You can use grep or a similar tool
to find it in nis.schema as ships with OpenLDAP:

# builtin
#attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.0 NAME 'uidNumber'
#       DESC 'An integer uniquely identifying a user in an administrative domain'
#       EQUALITY integerMatch
#       SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.27 SINGLE-VALUE )


Now, this might be a bit deceptive because it appears to be commented out.
However the leading "# builtin" is key. This is a clue that you can find
the definition in the source file servers/slapd/schema_prep.c. Sure
enough, you will find uidNumber there, so you may not redefine it. I'd
suggest either (a) finding a unique namespace for your application or (b)
considering if the standards-compliant definition of 'uidNumber' is
suitable for your application.


You can debug config processing, including schema, with "slaptest -d
config". Unfortunately this will not show you the built-ins from
schema_prep.c, but those are easy enough to find once you know where to
look.