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divya shree wrote:

could u plz elaborate on the solution as i am a starter...i mean is it enough if a add the option "-h" in the staement

ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net" -W -f example.ldif

or should i do something more...

Just add -h (or -H if needed). Otherwise the LDAP server is contacted which is configured in ldap.conf or another local LDAP client configuration file.

Ciao, Michael.