Re: How to replace account with inetOrgPerson?

[Marco Schirrmeister <marco@schirrmeister.net>]

On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Mi wrote:

> I am trying to add the "inetOrgPerson" objectClass, but some users already have the "account" objectClass.
> 
> After a long search, I found that you cannot have both. So I am trying to remove "account", and add "inetOrgPerson". But I cannot do that either. I just get the following error :
> 
>    err=69 text=structural object class modification from 'account' to 'inetOrgPerson' not allowed
> 
> If I just try to remove "account", I get
> 
>    entry failed schema check: no structural object class provided
> 
> So, how can I add "inetOrgPerson" and remove "account" ?

The only way I know is you export the entry, modify the ldif and reimport.
I just did that for all our groups, because we extended the schema and wanted that our own objectClass has sup of groupOfUniqueNames.

> 
> Also, I notice that I don't have "account" listed under dn: cn=schema,cn=config. What I have is:
> 
>  {0}core
>  {1}cosine
>  {2}nis
>  {3}inetorgperson
>  {4}samba
>  {5}apple

The account objectClass is in the cosine schema.

> 
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> mi
> 
> PS: I just need a "mail" attribute. Maybe there is a simpler way than to add inetOrgPerson with all it's ridiculous attributes like "audio" or "carLicense" ?