Re: Unable to add attribute to cn

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

Frank, Hans, 232 wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I would like to add the attribute "orclnetdescstring" to the following
> ldap object:
> cn=TESTDB,cn=OracleContext,dc=test,dc=de
>
> When trying this, I get the following error message:
> 09:44:42 AM: Failed to add 'orclnetdescstring' attribute for
> ldap://***:389/cn=TESTDB,cn=OracleContext,dc=test,dc=de
> Root error: [LDAP: error code 65 - attribute 'orclnetdescstring' not
> allowed]
>
> I did include the attributetype into the core.schema, which is included
> in slapd.conf the following way:
>
> attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.9232.6 NAME 'orclnetdescstring' 
>         DESC 'Oracle-OID spezific A-Type' 
>         SUP name 
>         ) 
>
> or:
>
> attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.9232.6 NAME 'orclnetdescstring' SUP name )
>
> But that doesn't change anything. I am very new to openldap, so if there
> are any good tutorials which describe such simple things (I suppose this
> is something simple), please let me know.
>
> I just need this object with some specific attributes, how can I realise
> this?

Declaring an attribute in the schema only makes the DSA aware of the 
definition of that schema item.  To add an attribute to an entry, that 
entry's class must at least allow that attribute.  See RFC 4511 and RFC 
4512 for details.

p.



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