Re: ldapadd: no attributes to change or add

[John Dalbec <jpdalbec@cc.ysu.edu>]

Rajkumar S wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am an LDAP Newbie trying to install OpenLDAP and get it up and running.
> I am using stock RedHat rpms for 7.3, I have installed the rpm, edited the
> config file to suit me and went ahead to add a record from an ldif file
> and it gives me the "ldapadd: no attributes to change or add". I have
> searched a bit and did not find any pointers to what I may be facing.
> 
> Any help will be much appreciated
> 
> My configs,
> 
> #/etc/openldap/slapd.conf
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/qmail.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/rfc822-MailMember.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/autofs.schema
> include         /etc/openldap/schema/redhat/kerberosobject.schema
> loglevel 64
> database        ldbm
> suffix          "dc=linuxense,dc=com"
> rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=linuxense, dc=com"
> rootpw          secret
> directory       /var/lib/ldap
> index   objectClass,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,memberUid   eq
> index   cn,mail,surname,givenname                       eq,subinitial
> 
> --
> test.ldif
> 
>       dn: dc=linuxense,dc=com
>       objectclass: dcObject
>       objectclass: organization
>       o: Linuxense Company
>       dc: linuxense
> 
>       dn: cn=Manager,dc=linuxense,dc=com
>       objectclass: organizationalRole
>       cn: Manager
> --
Delete the whitespace at the beginning of each line in your LDIF.  LDAP
treats a line beginning with whitespace as a continuation of the
previous line.
John Dalbec

> 
> output I am getting (one carriage return added to each line)
> 
> [root@swathi root]# ldapadd -vx -D "cn=manager, dc=linuxense,dc=com" -W -f
> test1.ldif
> 
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> 
> Enter LDAP Password:           <----- secret
> 
> ldapadd: no attributes to change or add (entry="dc=linuxense,dc=com
> objectclass: dcObject objectclass: organization o: Linuxense Company dc:
> linuxense")
> 
> ldif_record() = 89