[H-GEN] LDAP mystery error

[Bradley Marshall]

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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Mark Corben wrote:
> You were right I had mixed up the suffix and rootdn in the slapd.conf file.
> But also I think there was a mix up when i corrected it and tried to do
> another ldapadd and ldapsearch without clearing out the database in
> /var/lib/ldap to start again.

Ah, yes, you should always clear out that directory when redoing
your databases.

> I have now set the base in ldap.conf to "base    o=testnet.de" and the
> following for rootdn and suffix in slapd.conf:
>     suffix          "o=testnet.de"
>     rootdn          "cn=Manager, o=testnet.de"
>
> So if i am to understand correctly the base dn of the entries in my ldif
> file is "o=testnet.de" ?

Yes, thats correct.

You might be interested in some of my ldap tutes available at
http://staff.pisoftware.com/bmarshal/publications/, and I'm
doing a full day tute at this years SAGE-AU conference, in Hobart.

Thanks,
Brad
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