Re: Newbie help with ldapadd

[Veigar Freyr Jökulsson <veigar@tviund.is>]

Does ou=People exists ? you must create the container before you
start adding entries to it.
You could try the following ldif:

dn: ou=People, dc=steeleancestry, dc=org
ou: People
objectClass: organizationalUnit

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Veigar Freyr Jökulsson
veigar@tviund.is



> I have used iPlanet's ldap and have gotten used to their syntax and
> structure (although I do not fully yet understand how it all works really)
>
> I'm trying to create a proper LDIF file to run ldapadd.
> Here is my ldapadd command I'm running:
>     ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=steeleancestry,dc=org" -W -f
>
> Here is the error:
>     adding new entry "cn=Tyrone Steele,ou=people,dc=steeleancestry,dc=org"
>     ldap_add: No such object
>             matched DN: "dc=steeleancestry,dc=org"
>
>     ldif_record() = 32
>
>
> Here is my ldapsearch result = nothing really:
>     #ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=steeleancestry,dc=org' '(objectclass=*)'
>
> # steeleancestry,dc=org
> dn: dc=steeleancestry,dc=org
> objectClass: dcobject
> objectClass: organization
> o: Steeleancestry
> dc: steeleancestry.org
>
> # Manager,dc=steeleancestry,dc=org
> dn: cn=Manager,dc=steeleancestry,dc=org
> objectClass: organizationalRole
> cn: Manager
>
>
> So, what am I doing wrong?
>
> Having a heck of a time.
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