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Re: Bug(?) With OpenLDAP 2.3.32

On 1/24/07, Gavin Henry <ghenry@suretecsystems.com> wrote: 
<quote who="daniel@ncsu.edu">
> Hi folk!
>
> We upgraded to OpenLDAP 2.3.32 recently and I ran into something that,
> unless I have completely lost my mind, should not be occuring:
>
> /local/ldap/data # /local/ldap/bin/ldapmodify -x -h localhost -D
> "cn=ldapadmin,dc=ncsu,dc=edu" -w LDAPADMINPASSWORD
> dn: uid=STUDENTUSERNAME,ou=students,ou=people,dc=ncsu,dc=edu
> changetype: modify
> replace: ou
> ou: B A - Physics
> ou: B S - Philosophy
> -
> replace: ncsucurriculumcode
> ncsucurriculumcode: PYA
> ncsucurriculumcode: LSL
>
> modifying entry "uid=STUDENTUSERNAME,ou=students,ou=people,dc=ncsu,dc=edu"
> ldap_modify: Type or value exists (20)
>         additional info: modify/replace: ou: value #1 already exists
>
>
> Obviously I replaced the user's username and my ldap admin password.  ;D
> A replace should literally be replacing the ou and ignoring what it's
> currently set to, correct?  And since those two ou's are not the same, it
> should be fine?  What's even more bizarre is that I didn't run into this
> while populating the database in the first place.  Is this, perchance,
> fixed in 2.3.33?  Thanks!

You don't supply the old attribute value, just the new one.

man ldapmodify

>
> Daniel
>



But the above *should* work, shouldn't it? A replace operation with
multiple ou values should replace all existing ou values with the two
listed ou values (see page 31 of RFC 4511)

Matt