Re: Question on implementing OpenLDAP

[Christian Jung <Christian.Jung@wanadoo.fr>]

Hi Jason!


> [...]
> [root@nitro schema]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=mycompany,dc=com" -W
> Enter LDAP Password:
> dn: uid=jwilliams,ou=InformationTechnology,dc=mycompany,dc=com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: posixAccount
> uid: jwilliams
> cn: Jason Williams
> cn: Williams, Jason
> uidNumber: 500
> gidNumber: 100
> homeDirectory: /home/jwilliams
> userPassword: password
> gecos: Jason Williams
> adding new entry 
> "uid=jwilliams,ou=InformationTechnology,dc=mycompany,dc=com"
> ldapadd: update failed: 
> uid=jwilliams,ou=InformationTechnology,dc=mycompany,dc=com
> ldap_add: Undefined attribute type (17)
>         additional info: uidNumber: attribute type undefined
>
> Ok, so I figured it was something with the schema. [...]

That's right: You have to include the nis.schema too. This defines the 
objectClass "posixAccount" and the attribute "uidNumber". A line like 
this in your slapd.conf should fix the problem:

include /usr/local/openldap/etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema


Chris