Re: ldapdelete struggle

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm having this problem with deleting an entry from my ldap database.
> Here is what I'm doing:
> # search for the entry
> $ ldapsearch -ZZWx '(mail=*uzem*)'
> Enter LDAP Password:
> [...]
> dn::
> Y249w5x6ZW1lbHRldMO1IEJyaWfDoWQsY249ZGFuaWVsbCxjbj1hZGRyZXNzYm9va3MsZGM9Z
>  WNlbnRydW0sZGM9aHU=
> [...]
> # numResponses: 2
> # numEntries: 1
>
> # got the dn, it is encoded in base64, so I'm trying to delete it:
> $ cat ldap_delete.ldif
> dn::
> Y249w5x6ZW1lbHRldMO1IEJyaWfDoWQsY249ZGFuaWVsbCxjbj1hZGRyZXNzYm9va3MsZGM9Z
> # ^^ that is one line in the file
> $ ldapdelete -ZZWx -vf ldap_delete.ldif
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> Enter LDAP Password:
> deleting entry "dn::
> Y249w5x6ZW1lbHRldMO1IEJyaWfDoWQsY249ZGFuaWVsbCxjbj1hZGRyZXNzYm9va3MsZGM9Z"
> ldap_delete: Invalid DN syntax (34)
>         additional info: invalid DN
>
> I've tried it without the dn:: prefix too, but it didn't work.
>
> Could someone help me with this?

You're missing the trailing "WNlbnRydW0sZGM9aHU=" portion of your DN. 
Glue together the two halves and retry.

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
OpenLDAP Core Team

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