Re: not be able to initialize ldap

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@symas.com>]

--On Tuesday, December 04, 2018 8:10 PM +0000 Eggo why <eggo@hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> database        bdb

Don't use BDB as your backend.

> ### for root oraclecontext


OpenLDAP is not Oracle.  It probably should not have an oracle context.

> oidbase.ldif
> dn: dc=cornell,dc=edu
>
> objectClass: top
>
> objectClass: dcObject
>
> objectClass: organization
>
> o: cornell.edu
>
> dc: cornell
>
>
>
> dn: cn=OracleContext,dc=cornell,dc=edu
>
> objectclass: orclContext
> cn: OracleContext

I can't tell if your LDIF file is badly formatted or the extra spacing here 
is an effect of the mailer you are using.

> l$ ldapadd -vc -x -D "cn=admin,dc=cornell,dc=edu" -w $passwd -f
> oidbase.ldif
> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
>
> ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
>         additional info: invalid DN

What does the slapd server log show as the received DN?

Additionally, if you're working on converting from OID to OpenLDAP I would 
note that Symas has extensive experience in this area.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Product Architect
Symas Corporation
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