Populate a new ldap tree: ldap_add: No such object

[Graham Leggett <minfrin@sharp.fm>]

Hi all,

I am banging my head against a new LDAP slave server install that 
refuses to cooperate with me, and I'm hampered further by the vagueness 
of the error message: ldap_add: No such object

I have a slapd configured like so:

database        ldbm
suffix          "o=XXX,c=ZA"
rootdn          "cn=Directory Administrator,o=XXX,c=ZA"
directory       /var/lib/ldap/XXX

I intend to populate this clean server with the ldif file from the 
master LDAP server, but ldapmodify refuses to cooperate, giving the 
following error for the root object:

[root@samantha openldap]# ldapmodify -x -D "cn=Directory 
Administrator,o=XXX,c=ZA" -w yyyy
dn: o=XXX,c=ZA
changetype: add
objectClass: top
objectClass: organization
o: XXX
description: The XXX Company

adding new entry "o=XXX,c=ZA"
ldap_add: No such object

ldif_record() = 32

I have checked the syslog for errors (with it configured to log 
absolutely everything), but it just mirrors the error message "No such 
object".

Can anyone explain to me what openldap is trying to tell me?

Which object is it referring to when it says "no such object?".

Regards,
Graham
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