Re: Troble adding jpegPhoto attribute

[Christian Pohl <list-openldap-software@mail2news-gw.secaron.de>]

Chris Hills wrote:
> Hi Christian
>
> Thank you for your reply. When I try using ldap modify, I receive the
> following:
>
> modifying entry "..."
> ldap_modify: Inappropriate matching
>         additional info: modify: add values failed
>
> Of course ... is a real entry :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christian Pohl" <list-openldap-software@mail2news-gw.secaron.de>
> To: <openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Troble adding jpegPhoto attribute
>
>
>
> > Chris Hills wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am running OpenLDAP 2.0.25 on RedHat Linux 8.0. So far, it has been
> > > running on 4 servers with replication without any problems. Today, I
> decided
>
> > > I would try and add a jpegPhoto attribute to an entry. When I tried, I
> > > received the following error:
> > >
> > > error code 18 - modify: add values failed
> > >
> > > I have tried using both LDAP Browser/Editor and perl, and I receive the
> same
>
> > > error.
> > >
> > > Can anyone offer any insight into this?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > 0. errorcode 18 means
> >              inappropriateMatching    (18), -- unrecognized or
> >                                             -- inappropriate matching
> >                                             -- rule in sort key
> >    don't know how to interpret this :-(
> > 1. Does the objectclass have the attribute 'jpegPhoto?
> > 2. Have you tried it with a 'simple' ldif-file via ldapadd like
> > dn: cn=lalala,o=abc,c=DE
> > changetype: modify
> > add: jpegPhoto
> > jpegPhoto;binary:<file:///tmp/myphoto.jpg
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Chris
> >
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Hi Chris,

I tried it on my test-machine, and there was no problem.
I send you my config, perhaps this helps you.

openldap 2.1.12
slackware 8.1

slapd.conf
---snip---
include		/usr/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include 	/usr/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include 	/usr/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema

pidfile		/usr/var/slapd.pid
argsfile	/usr/var/slapd.args

loglevel 256

#######################################################################

database        ldbm
suffix          "o=cpo"
rootdn          "cn=Manager,o=cpo"
rootpw          start
directory       /usr/var/openldap-data
index   objectClass     eq
---snap---

entry - ldif:
---snip---
dn: cn=test,o=cpo
objectclass: inetorgperson
cn: test
sn: test
---snap---

modify - ldif:
---snip---
dn: dn: cn=test,o=cpo
changetype: modify
add: jpegPhoto
jpegPhoto:<file:///root/photo.jpg

---snap---

Kind regards,

Chris

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