Re: ldap_add: No such object - another one

[Luca Scamoni <luca.scamoni@sys-net.it>]

Your ldif lacks the entry that defines the root of your DIT. It's not 
enough to define the suffix in slapd.conf.
You should add something like:

dn: dc=name,dc=com
objectclass: dcObject
objectclass: organization
o: name
dc: name

BEFORE anything else.
By the way, change your rootdn to something serious and throw in a 
password (even a plain text one), and see my other comments below.

cheers

Sonia Gillespie wrote:

> I have defined my files as follows, and do not know what I have done wrong - I have only started using LDAP.
> slapd.conf extract:
>
> database	ldbm
> suffix		"dc=name,dc=com"
> rootdn		"dc=name,dc=com"
> index	objectClass	eq
>
>
> My ldif file - 
>
> dn: ou=employee,dc=name,dc=com
> ou: employee
> description: Staff list
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: organizationalUnit
> ou: employee
remove one of the ou: employee, they're redundant. Also try to keep some 
order in the entries (it's easier to read - something like dn, then 
objectclasses, then attributes)

> dn: ForeName=Sonia,ou=employee,dc=name,dc=com
> ForeName: Sonia
> SurName1: Gillespie
> Department: dept
> TelephoneNumber1: 02890509301
> objectclass: nameDirectory
I wonder where are the objectclasses for this entry ;-)

> And I get the following error - 
>
> add ou:
>        employee
>        employee
> add description:
>        Staff within Lagan
> add objectclass:
>        top
>        organizationalUnit
> adding new entry ou=employee,dc=lagan,dc=com
> ldap_add: No such object
> ldap_add: additional info: parent does not exist
>  
And I wonder how the description here is "Staff within Lagan" while the 
entry in the ldif says "Staff list" :-p
Anyway, try to follow the quickstart guide 
_http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/quickstart.html_ and you'll see all 
these things are well covered therein.

> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sonia Gillespie.
>
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