Re: ldapdelete struggle

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

LÉVAI Dániel wrote:

> $ ldapdelete -ZZWx -vf ldap_delete.ldif
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> Enter LDAP Password:
> deleting entry "dn:: 
> Y249w5x6ZW1lbHRldMO1IEJyaWfDoWQsY249ZGFuaWVsbCxjbj1hZGRyZXNzYm9va3MsZGM9ZWNlbnRydW0sZGM9aHU="
> ldap_delete: Invalid DN syntax (34)
>         additional info: invalid DN
>
> I think I'm missing something? What could be wrong?

According to the ldapdelete(1) man page, ldapdelete takes the DN to be 
deleted as an argument.  So you cannot put a "dn:" prefix, and thus not 
even a "dn::" prefix.  You need to use ldapmodify(1), which takes LDIF 
as input (RFC 2849).  In that case, your file needs to contain

<snip>
dn:: Y249w5x6ZW1lbHRldMO1IEJyaWfDoWQsY249ZGFuaWV
 sbCxjbj1hZGRyZXNzYm9va3MsZGM9ZWNlbnRydW0sZGM9aHU=
changetype: delete
</snip>

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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