Re: some simple install and use questions

[William L Anderson <band@eng.mc.xerox.com>]

Blake Binkley writes:
 > Bill: you must use the following format to ldapadd
 > ldapadd -w mypassword -D 'cn=root, o=myorg c=US' -f ldif_file
 > 
 > let us know if this doesn't work.

OK, I tried this and it hung; i.e., I waited minutes and nothing
happened. Now I did put a couple of entries in databases using the
ldif2ldbm command, and that appears to have worked.

here are my questions:
1. the cn for root can be anything, right? or must it be "root"?
2. format of the ldif files can match examples in the manpages?

any pointers to examples I can try will be helpful. I am working
through the manpages.

Bill Anderson