Directory structure searching

[Gurjot Kaur <gurjot.kaur@aricent.com>]

Hi,

I am encountered a problem regarding the checking of the directory structure during ldapsearch request.
I did slapadd on my LDAP server (OpenLDAP 2.4.44 with MDB backend) for few entries and found the below error as my top entry "ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com" was missing from the DB.
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/usr/local/sbin/slapadd -v -c -w -f /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf -l 2_tmp.ldif

578c3c23 mdb_monitor_db_open: monitoring disabled; configure monitor database to enable
added: "ou=Test1,ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com" (00000005)
added: "ou=Test2,ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com" (00000006)
added: "ou=Test3,ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com" (00000007)
added: "ou=Test4,ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com" (00000008)
_#################### 100.00% eta   none elapsed            none fast!
modified: "(null)" (00000001)
Closing DB...Error, entries missing!
  entry 4: ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com
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The above error is fine.
Do the above entries get added to the DB, though the parent node for these entries was not present?

Because when I search for the entry using the below ldapsearch command, this gives me the correct result.
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ldapsearch -x -D cn=Manager, dc=my-domain,dc=com -w secret -b ou=Test1,ou=people, dc=my-domain,dc=com -s sub "(&(objectclass=organizationalUnit)(ou=Test1*))" -H ldap://0.0.0.0:2016

# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <ou=Test1,ou=people,dc=my-domain,dc=com> with scope subtree
# filter: (&(objectclass=organizationalUnit)(ou=Test1*))
# requesting: ALL
#

# Test1, people, my-domain.com
dn: ou=Test1,ou=people, dc=my-domain,dc=com
ou: Test1
objectClass: organizationalUnit
companyName: Test1

# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success

# numResponses: 2
# numEntries: 1
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Does this means ldapsearch check just for the specific entry and not the complete directory structure?
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Gurjot Kaur

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