DN index delete failed

Hello everyone,

Does anybody know why even as root, I cannot delete an entry?

I have an entry defined as the following

dn: uid=EricR@business-center.com, ou=External_People,ou=Company,o=MyDomain
....

uid: EricR@business-center.com

and do

/usr/local/bin/ldapdelete
-D "cn=root,o=MyDomain"
-w password
"uid=EricR@business-center.com, ou=External_People,ou=Company,o=MyDomain"

and I get

DN index delete failed

can someone please offer any suggestions?? I've been scratching my head for a while now.

jm