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Philip, are you saying that if you are using VI in editor mode and turn on set list  to make sure that a $ is in the first column as opposed to " $" in the first two columns?


I don't have this problem, but it is something to learn from.



Warron French, MBA, SCSA




From:        Philip Guenther <pguenther@proofpoint.com>
To:        Michael Proto <michael.proto@tstllc.net>,
Cc:        David Barr <David.Barr2@mclaneat.com>, "openldap-technical@openldap.org" <openldap-technical@openldap.org>
Date:        01/02/2014 01:53 PM
Subject:        Re: OpenLDAP Multiple User Import
Sent by:        openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org




On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, Michael Proto wrote:
> Have you tried adding a single "-" in a new line at the end of each
> entry before the blank newline? IIRC I have to do this when using
> ldapmodify commands in-line to indicate the end of a record and the
> beginning of a new one. Something like this:

Hmm?  A review of the syntax in the LDIF spec (RFC 2849) or the examples
in the ldif(5) manpage would show that a "-" line is used only after
modify records with an explicit "add:", "replace:", or "delete:" line.

> dn: cn=blah,dc=domain
> objectClass: person
> ...
> cn: blah
> -

A quick check shows ldapadd will reject that with an error like this:

adding new entry "cn=blah,dc=domain"
ldapadd: update failed: cn=blah,dc=domain
ldap_add: Bad parameter to an ldap routine (-9)


It's likely that the original poster's problem is that the blank line
between the entries isn't really blank but rather contains spaces.  The
grammar only permits line-feeds and carriage-return line-feed pairs
between entries and not actual space characters.  Putting a space there
makes it look like a continuation of the previous line, and the next "dn:"
line is just an attribute for the entry in progress.

So, use whatever tool you prefer ("cat -vet" is my preference) to verify
that the blank lines are really blank and that there aren't other hidden
characters in the input file.


Philip Guenther




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