Re: problems with existing entries disappearing

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

Antonio Broughton <antonio@flerwin.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am running OpenLDAP 2.2.13 on a CentOS 4.1 box (I am using the CentOS
> ldap rpm)...
>
> I have come across an issue, that I cannot seem to find the answer for
> anywhere!...
>
> The problem is that an entry has some how been removed from LDAP well,
> according to phpLDAPadmin and also ldapsearch.
>
> mytestentry _used to be_ in LDAP... it has now "gone?"
>
> I am using the following ldapsearch string..
>
> ldapsearch -x -b "dc=tree,dc=internal,dc=company,dc=co,dc=nz"
> "uid=mytestentry"
[...]

> adding new entry
> "uid=mytestentry,ou=Testing,dc=tree,dc=internal,dc=company,dc=co,dc=nz"
> ldap_add: Already exists (68)

> I have a few questions:
>
> 1) Why would this entry be removed?
> 2) Why when I try and add the entry, it says that it exists?
> 3) Is there a way to fix it?
> 4) Am I doing something wrong?

The entry has not been removed, it seems that your access rules do not
allow anonymous read on this object.

-Dieter

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