Hey List,
I found the cause of the failure to import ldif entries with references to the suDoers object class:
include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/misc.schema inlcude /etc/openldap/schema/sudoers.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/openldap.schema
If you look closely there is a type-o for the /etc/openldap/sudoers.schema include directive. It's spelled 'inlcude'. Sorry about that and sorry for all the grief! Fixing that and restarting ldap I was able to import the ldifs I wanted.
Thanks again for your help!