2009/8/5 Michael Ströder michael@stroeder.com

Michael March wrote:

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I'm following this:

http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1111.html

I'm getting this error:

ldap_add: Naming violation (64) additional info: value of naming attribute 'uid' is not present in

entry

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Here are the sample ldif entries:

dn: uid=luzer,ou=main,dc=acme,dc=com uid: luzer objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount loginShell: /bin/bash userPassword: {SSHA}8Sz/X2Fv1S1COqD46K5kEwFS2Lyj4h2I shadowWarning: 7 uidNumber: 1000 shadowMax: 99999 gidNumber: 1000 sn: De Torre homeDirectory: /home/luzer mail: luzer givenName: Bob shadowLastChange: 14007 cn: luzer

dn: uid=luzer,ou=alternate,dc=acme,dc=com objectclass: alias objectclass: extensibleObject uid: alias aliasedobjectname: uid=luzer,ou=main,dc=acme,dc=com

Shouldn't this be:

dn: uid=alias,ou=alternate,dc=acme,dc=com uid: alias [..]

Doh! That worked.

thanks!

Michael March wrote:

How do I delete the alias entry w/o killing the 'target'?

By turning off alias dereferencing.

Ciao, Michael.

2009/8/5 Pierangelo Masarati masarati@aero.polimi.it

Michael Ströder wrote:

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Michael March wrote:

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How do I delete the alias entry w/o killing the 'target'?

By turning off alias dereferencing.

Alias dereferencing is only defined for searches. There is no risk of deleting a target by deleting the alias.

Weird.. I thought it deleted both.. but I just tried it again and you are right.

thanks!