ldap_add: Strong(er) authentication required

["Prince.A.P" <pphilip@npd.hcltech.com>]

> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with adding ldap entries with openldap-2.1.21.
> I have a file with the required entries to add and when I issue the
> command
> "ldapadd -x  -f root.ldif", it says the following error
>
> adding new entry "dc=sipLS"
> ldapadd: update failed: dc=sipLS
> ldap_add: Strong(er) authentication required (8)
>        additional info: modifications require authentication
>
> I have no authentication enabled in slapd.conf file and I don't need
> any. With previous versions(openldap-2.0.25) everything works fine for
> me. Is there any change in the new one.
> the file root.ldif content is
>
> dn: dc=ipLS
> objectClass: ipAor
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> prince