Re: ldapmodify problems

[Jon Roberts <jon@jonanddeb.net>]

When seeking help on OSS, you should include the versions of the 
software you are using and the error output at a minimum.

Jason Gerfen wrote:
> I am having a problem with the following command:
> ldapmodify -n -v -h DOMAIN -D "CN=DOMAINADMIN" -w DOMAINADMINPASS -f 
> .UID2SID/modify-06.19.2008-mclame.ldif
>
> I am not sure why this is but if anyone could give me some pointers on 
> the ldapmodify command I would appreciate it.

Look at the LDIF modification examples in RFC 2849.

> The contents of the modify-06.19.2008-mclame.ldif
>
> dn: CN=mclame mclame,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com
> changetype: modify
> modify: dn cn msSFUName unixHomeDirectory msSFUHomeDirectory uidNumber 
> gidNumber loginShell

There is no basis in LDIF for this last line that I know of.

> dn: CN=mclame,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com

This is not how you change the dn of an entry. Read about "changetype: 
modrdn".

> cn: mclame
> cn: mclame

What is the point of having duplicate values here?

> msSFUName: mclame
> unixHomeDirectory: /home/mclame
> msSFUHomeDirectory: /home/mclame
 .....

Again, you probably need to spend some quality time with RFC 2849 and 
any other resources you have on LDIF.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com