Re: Creating LDAP schema issue

[Dan White <dwhite@cafedemocracy.org>]

On 01/22/15 22:32 +0100, Leander Schäfer wrote:
> a user. So in the end I want to add a(nother) mail account by 
> something like this:
>
> cat << EOF > ./newUser.ldif
> dn: mailAddress=Test@Domain.TLD,ou=mail,uid=User-1,ou=people,dc=MyDomain,dc=TLD
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: mailAccount
>
> mailAddress: Test@Domain.TLD
> MailPassword: {SSHA}SomePassword
> MailAccountStatus: active
> [...]
> EOF

You have an errant newline between objectclass and mailAddress. You should
have received an error if you processed this file with ldapadd. Your
blank line should come at the end of your input file, or between distinct
dn entries.

> Therefore I setup a LDAP schema like the following, but it seems to 
> ignore the attributes "MailPassword" and "noMailAccountStatus". Why? I 
> don't understand what I'm missing here on my objectclass? I'm sure it 
> is an easy little thing to fix - but I just can't figure it out with 
> the tutarials provided I went thorugh ;/

I assume your mean 'MailAccountStatus' here. If so, the above typo would
explain your situation.

> objectclass ( objectClassAccount:2.1
>    NAME 'mailAccount'
>    SUP ( top )
>    STRUCTURAL
>    DESC 'Mail account'
>    MUST ( mailAddress )
>    MAY ( MailPassword $ MailAccountStatus ) )

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Dan White