RE: invalid credentials

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Frank Swasey

> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 at 4:46pm, Thomas Browner wrote:
> > Can some one tell me way I am getting this error after I ran the
> > following command: ldapadd -x -h localhost -D "cn=manager,
> > dc=org" -f base.ldif -W
> >
> > Error:
> >
> > Ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
>
> Thomas,
>   There a couple of posibilities I can think of:
>
> 1) You typed the password incorrectly

agree

> 2) cn=manager,dc=org is not the rootdn

agree

> and doesn't have the authority
> according to the ACL's to add the dn's in your base.ldif file, or just
> plain doesn't exist in your DIT anywhere

No, the Bind failed, he hasn't even got to the Add yet. There's nothing here
that can support this conclusion.

  -- Howard Chu
  Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
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