Re: can't modify or add uidNumber attribute

[stefano <stefano.malini@gmail.com>]

thank you, i understand  my error.
now i have this problem.
trying an ldapsearch is not possible to contact LDAP server.

this is the output in syslog:

Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1603]: @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.23 (Jun 
16 2011 02:53:39) 
$#012#011buildd@murphy:/build/buildd-openldap_2.4.23-7.2-i386-Y1mwvF/openldap-2.4.23/debian/build/servers/slapd
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: hdb_db_open: database 
"dc=amahoro,dc=bi" cannot be opened, err 13. Restore from backup!
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: bdb(dc=amahoro,dc=bi): 
txn_checkpoint interface requires an environment configured for the 
transaction subsystem
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: bdb_db_close: database 
"dc=amahoro,dc=bi": txn_checkpoint failed: Invalid argument (22).
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: backend_startup_one (type=hdb, 
suffix="dc=amahoro,dc=bi"): bi_db_open failed! (13)
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: bdb_db_close: database 
"dc=amahoro,dc=bi": alock_close failed
Mar 26 16:11:33 amahoro slapd[1604]: slapd stopped.

could you help me please?


On 03/26/2012 05:31 PM, Buchan Milne wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2012 16:21:17 stefano wrote:
> > hi, i was modifying uidNumber attribute of a user but then has been
> > standing for a few minutes and I stopped it:
> >
> > root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi'
> > Enter LDAP Password:
> > dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi
> > changetype: modify
> > replace: uidNumber
> > uidNumber: 1001
> >
> > modifying entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi"
> > .
> > .
> It was waiting for more input ....
>
> > .
> > ctrl+c
> CTRL-D is technically the right input here to let this ldapmodify complete.
>
> > then with an ldapsearch for this user there was not the uidNumber
> > attribute:
> It seems to be here:
>
> > dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi
> [...
> > uidNumber: 1001
> I note of course, that if you are using standard schema, it is impossible to
> have the posixAccount objectClass without a uidNumber attribute.
>
> > trying to add it
> >
> > root@amahoro:~# ldapmodify -x -W -D 'cn=Manager,dc=amahoro,dc=bi'
> > Enter LDAP Password:
> > dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi
> > changetype: add
> > add: uidNumber
> > uidNumber: 1001
> >
> > adding new entry "uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi"
> > ldap_add: Undefined attribute type (17)
> >       additional info: add: attribute type undefined
> >
> > you can see the error message
> > what is wrong?
> Your LDIF is incorrect, you asked for a changetype of 'add' (the equivalent of
> calling ldapadd instead of ldapmodify). This would have been correct if you
> had no existing uidNumber attribute:
>
> dn: uid=stefano,cn=Admins,dc=amahoro,dc=bi
> add: uidNumber
> uidNumber: 1001
>
> At least it should have given you a better error message (that the attribute
> already exists).
>
> Regards,
> Buchan