Re: Problems with using openldap

[Iain Rae <iainr@civ.hw.ac.uk>]

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Marc Eggeberger wrote:

> Hi there ...
> 
> Installation went well without any problems ... but then I tried to add an
> entry as stated in the openldap faq:
> 
> ews3:/tmp # cat 1.ldif
> dn: dc=everyware, dc=ch
>   dc: everyware
>   o: My Company
>   objectclass: organization
>   objectclass: dcObject
> 
>   dn: cn=Manager, dc=everyware, dc=ch
>   cn: Manager
>   sn: Manager
>   objectclass: person
> 
> then I did an:
> 
> ews3:/tmp # ldapadd -D "cn=Manager, dc=everyware, dc=ch" -W < 1.ldif
> Enter LDAP Password:
> ldap_bind: No such object
> 
> 
> can someone help me? I mean, I'm not a newbie on Linux and so on (I'm admin
> at an ISP for some time now) but this ldap thing drives me crazy ...
> someone maybe has a working config and example ldif file which I can adapt?
> 
> my sldap.conf:
> ews3:/etc/openldap # cat slapd.conf
> #
> # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options.
> # This file should NOT be world readable.
> #
> include         /etc/openldap/slapd.at.conf
> include         /etc/openldap/slapd.oc.conf
> schemacheck     off
> referral        ldap://ldap.itd.umich.edu
> 
> pidfile         /var/slapd.pid
> argsfile        /var/slapd.args
> 
> #######################################################################
> # ldbm database definitions
> #######################################################################
> 
> database        ldbm
> suffix          "dc=everyware, dc=ch"
> #suffix         "o=Your Organization Name, c=US"
> directory       /usr/tmp
> rootdn          "cn=root, dc=everyware, dc=ch"

you need to change the above line to match the object you're trying to
create ie

rootnd       "cn=Manager, dc=everywhere, dc=ch


If you're having trouble with LDAP I would strongly recommed 

Understanding and Deploying LDAP
Directory Servers" by Howes, Smith, and Good 
Macmillian Technical Publishing ISDB 1-57870-070-1 

It's a bit of a doorstop but it is a very good book.