Hi list, I am fighting with openldap for some time now and I can't get it to work. I started clean. I've followed this tutorial, and everything works fine. I used followed the example and only changed dc=company,dc=com into dc=mycompany,dc=org. Then I want to import this file, because I am busy with a WebSphere book from Packtpub, and I need to follow along and setting up a LDAP server with these contents: -------------------------- dn: o=mycompany.org objectclass: top objectclass: organization o: mycompany.org dn: ou=users,o=mycompany.org objectclass:organizationalunit ou: users description: generic users branch dn: ou=groups,o=mycompany.org objectclass:organizationalunit ou: groups description: generic groups branch dn: ou=roles,o=mycompany.org objectclass:organizationalunit ou: roles description: generic roles branch dn: cn=wasadmin,ou=roles,o=mycompany.org cn: wasadmin uid: wasadmin objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson userpassword: wasadmin sn: wasadmin givenname: wasadmin title: wasadmin description: WAS Administrator dn: cn=ldapbind,ou=users,o=mycompany.org cn: ldapbind uid: ldapbind objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson userpassword: ldapbind sn: ldapbind givenname: ldapbind title: ldapbind description: ldapbind dn: cn=Bob Jackson,ou=users,o=mycompany.org cn: Bob Jackson uid: bjackson mail: bjackson(a)mycompany.org objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson userpassword: password sn: Jackson givenname: Bob telephonenumber: 123456789 title: WAS Administrator description: LDAP test user dn: cn=Mary Smith,ou=users,o=mycompany.org cn: Mary Smith uid: msmith mail: msmith(a)mycompany.org objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson userpassword: password sn: Smith givenname: Mary telephonenumber: 123456789 title: WAS Administrator description: LDAP test user dn: cn=wasadmins,ou=groups,o=mycompany.org objectclass: groupofnames cn: wasadmins description: WAS Admins # add the group members all of which are # assumed to exist under people member: cn=Bob Jackson,ou=users,o=mycompany.org member: cn=Mary Smith,ou=users,o=mycompany.org member: cn=wasadmin,ou=roles,o=mycompany.org But when I want to import, I get this: [root@CentOS-01 cn=config]# ldapadd -W -D cn=admin,dc=mycompany,dc=org -v -x -f /tmp/mycompanyorg.ldif ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> ) Enter LDAP Password: add objectclass: top organization add o: mycompany.org adding new entry "o=mycompany.org" ldap_add: Server is unwilling to perform (53) additional info: no global superior knowledge When I do this: [root@CentOS-01 cn=config]# ldapsearch -xLLWD cn=admin,dc=mycompany,dc=org -b dc=mycompany,dc=org dn Enter LDAP Password: version: 1 No such object (32) Something tells me it's wrong. So, a friend who helped me said I had to create the company first, and that I should use dc=company,dc=org instead of o=company.org. I had to create the company first in the LDAP he said, so he passed me this file: # usergroups.ldif # # dn: dc=mycompany,dc=org dc: company objectClass: top objectClass: domain dn: ou=users,dc=mycompany,dc=org ou: Users objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit description: Central location for UNIX users dn: ou=groups,dc=mycompany,dc=org ou: Groups objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit description: Central location for UNIX groups # EOF But I can't add that: [root@CentOS-01 cn=config]# ldapadd -W -D cn=admin,dc=mycompany,dc=org -v -x -f /tmp/usergroup.ldif ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> ) Enter LDAP Password: add dc: company add objectClass: top domain adding new entry "dc=mycompany,dc=org" ldap_add: Naming violation (64) additional info: value of single-valued naming attribute 'dc' conflicts with value present in entry I hope I will ever solve this, I can't complete my study now and have wasted hours and hours on this ldap problem. I hope you can help me out.. Karntol