Re: Invalid manager attribute when in form 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869, O=Test, C=GB

[Pierangelo Masarati <pierangelo.masarati@polimi.it>]

On 05/23/2013 10:19 AM, Soulier, Marcel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to import the following ldif file into openldap and get the
> error message “manager: value #0 invalid per syntax”.
>
> test.ldif:
>
> dn: cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com
>
> objectClass: top
>
> objectClass: person
>
> cn: test
>
> manager: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB
>
> Console output:
>
> adding new entry "cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com"
>
> ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21)
>
>                  additional info: manager: value #0 invalid per syntax
>
> According to the cosine.schema the value of the manager attribute should
> have the EQUALITY distinguishedNameMatch, SYNTAX
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12
>
> The value “1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB” is taken from the
> examples provided for DN in rfc2252 and works fine in open-ds. So I
> would expect it to work in openldap as well.
>
> What am I missing?

OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0 is not defined in any of OpenLDAP's distributed 
schema files, nor hardcoded anywhere.  OpenLDAP does strong schema 
adherence checks, so it is not possible to add a DN made of undefined 
attributes.

p.

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Pierangelo Masarati
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale
Politecnico di Milano