Re: OpenLDAP 2.4.10 Import Errors

[Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>]

Lydon, Mark writes:
> Root error: [LDAP: error code 21 - vpnscheduledreports: value #0 invalid
> per syntax]
> 05:21:23 PM: Failed to synchronize entries
> Root error: [LDAP: error code 21 - vpnbookmarks: value #0 invalid per
> syntax]
> 05:21:24 PM: Failed to synchronize entries
> Root error: [LDAP: error code 21 - useraccounts: value #0 invalid per
> syntax]

These attributes are derived from attribute 'name', so they get
Directory String syntax (like most LDAP attributes).  Directory String
in LDAPv3 takes a non-empty UTF-8 string.  Maybe your attributes are
Latin-1, and your old server either is an LDAPv2 server (LDAPv2
character sets were a complete jungle) or does not check the syntax?  If
so the correct fix is to convert to UTF-8.  However maybe that breaks
your current applications, if they expect Latin-1...  (You could hack
the schema to use another syntax, but that easily becomes a maintenance
nightmare and could have compatibility problems of its own.)

-- 
Hallvard