Re: unable to access schema via LDAP

[Wouter Mignon <wouter.mignon@khleuven.be>]

The cn=schema object stays empty when i specify "schemadn cn=schema" or
in slapd.conf. Any ideas what could be going wrong?

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 13:46, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I want to read the schema of my OpenLDAP server but there doesn't seem
> >> to be an object called cn=schema. OpenLDAP log extract:
> >>
> >> Aug 31 10:50:12 vasco slapd[23739]: conn=253 op=2 SRCH base="cn=schema"
> >> scope=0 filter="(objectClass=*)"
> >> Aug 31 10:50:12 vasco slapd[23739]: conn=253 op=2 SRCH
> >> attr=objectclasses 2.5.21.6 attributetypes 2.5.21.5
> >> Aug 31 10:50:12 vasco slapd[23739]: conn=253 op=2 RESULT tag=101 err=32
> >> text=
> >>
> >> The application that needs to read the schema (IDM2.0.1/dirxml) doesn't
> >> give any choice wether to search for the schema in a different object.
> >> How can i make the schema available through cn=schema?
> >
> > 1) Fix the application (ask your vendor for support/bugfix); or
> >
> > 2) Fix slapd:
> >   2a) change the definition of the name of the schema entry; or
> 
> This is quite easy: see "schemadn" in slapd.conf(5).
> 
> >   2b) proxy the server via back-ldap and suffixmassage cn=schema
> >       into cn=subschema; or
> >   2c) use the global overlays feature of slapd in HEAD to
> >       rename cn=schema into cn=subschema by means of the rwm overlay
> >
> > p.
> >
> > --
> > Pierangelo Masarati
> > mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it
> >
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