Hi, I am trying to import the following ldif file into openldap and get the error message “manager: value #0 invalid per syntax”. test.ldif: dn: cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: person cn: test manager: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB Console output: adding new entry "cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com" ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21) additional info: manager: value #0 invalid per syntax According to the cosine.schema the value of the manager attribute should have the EQUALITY distinguishedNameMatch, SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12 The value “1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB” is taken from the examples provided for DN in rfc2252 and works fine in open-ds. So I would expect it to work in openldap as well. What am I missing?

Hi, I think your answer does not fully explain my problem. I changed my example to use the dn 1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#04024869, O=Test, C=GB where 1.2.840.113549.1.9.1 should be defined as the email Attribute in core.schema. But I still get the same exception.

Marcel -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: openldap-technical-bounces(a)OpenLDAP.org [mailto:openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org] Im Auftrag von Pierangelo Masarati Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2013 10:59 An: openldap-technical(a)openldap.org Betreff: Re: Invalid manager attribute when in form 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869, O=Test, C=GB On 05/23/2013 10:19 AM, Soulier, Marcel wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to import the following ldif file into openldap and get > the error message "manager: value #0 invalid per syntax". > > test.ldif: > > dn: cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com > > objectClass: top > > objectClass: person > > cn: test > > manager: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB > > Console output: > > adding new entry "cn=test,o=users,dc=example,dc=com" > > ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21) > > additional info: manager: value #0 invalid per syntax > > According to the cosine.schema the value of the manager attribute > should have the EQUALITY distinguishedNameMatch, SYNTAX > 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12 > > The value "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0=#04024869,O=Test,C=GB" is taken from the > examples provided for DN in rfc2252 and works fine in open-ds. So I > would expect it to work in openldap as well. > > What am I missing? OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.0 is not defined in any of OpenLDAP's distributed schema files, nor hardcoded anywhere. OpenLDAP does strong schema adherence checks, so it is not possible to add a DN made of undefined attributes. p.